Below you’ll find smart woodworking techniques including quick tips, advice for beginners and more advanced methods to improve your skills and allow you to get the most out of your workshop and tools. Whether you’re looking for traditional woodworking techniques using hand tools or power tools, finishing or sharpening advice, or just want to hone your woodworking basics, the advice below is from seasoned and trusted woodworkers and furniture makers working at the top of their field.
I’ve been working on a cherry and bird’s-eye maple entry table for the October 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, and as I was installing the upper drawer stretcher I...
Unlike many hand-tool woodworkers (and turners), I’m not much of a steel nerd. I’m not on a quest for the steel that promises the ultimate in edge life. The reason...
On my recent visit to Kelly Mehler’s School of Woodworking, in Berea, Ky., Larry Williams of Old Street Tool took a few minutes away from his planemaking students to show...
From time to time I hear someone comment about a woodworking practice that runs totally contrary to what I’ve been taught. One of these is what kind of wood surface...
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Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of talking with Matt Vanderlist (a.k.a. “the podfather”), the man behind the microphone at Matt’s Basement Workshop, about Woodworking in [...]
This is a SketchUp model of a box featured in “4 Boxes, 4 Ways” from the August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. View the SketchUp Model. View all of...
This is a model of a reproduction of a Gustav Stickley No. 74 Book Rack from the August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. View the SketchUp Model. View all...
The August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine features an article titled “4 Boxes, 4 Ways,” in which each editor built one of his or her favorite box designs. For...
This is a model of the I Can Do That coffee table from the August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. View the SketchUp Model. View all of the Woodworking...
This is a model of the turned box made by Steve Shanesy for the article “Four Boxes, Four Ways” from the August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. View the...
This is a model of the Campaign style secretary built by Christopher Schwarz for the August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. View the SketchUp Model. View all of the...