Woodworking Videos

Getting the four feet of a sawbench, chair or stool all in the same plane is a challenge for some woodworkers. You can end up nibbling a bar stool into an ottoman if you take the wrong approach. [...]

What makes woodworking fun for me is that I learn something new nearly every day. This past week, Monday was a day filled with learning – I spent the day with Ron Herman as he filmed the [...]

Our Tricks of the Trade column is written by our readers, and most of the entries come from “regular guys.” Occasionally we receive a trick from someone more recognizable, and this [...]

Last week Senior Editor Glen D. Huey and I applied a shellac and lacquer spray finish to the cover project for the June 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. These stacking bookcases are [...]

Quartersawn white oak is one of my favorite woods, and we’re fortunate in Cincinnati that the largest source for this wood in North America is just a couple hours away. Frank Miller Lumber [...]

One of the unsung heroes of our Woodworking in America conference is Mike Siemsen. Mike is an accomplished woodworker and teacher from Minnesota, and his enthusiasm is unmatched. He runs the Hand [...]

Robert W. Lang and Glen D. Huey compare three methods for gluing mortises. This video accompanies the article "Where Does the Glue Go?" published in the October 2010 issue of [...]

Robert W. Lang shows his table saw technique for cutting Greene & Greene-style finger joints on a drawer. The finished drawer will help complete the "Arts & Crafts Buffet" [...]

Editor Christopher Schwarz takes you on a quick tour of his latest workbench, a design that closely follows the 18th-century designs of Andre Roubo and was built using (almost) entirely hand [...]

Most American woodworkers struggle with bowsaws. Now before you think that bowsaws are tools for beret-wearing, Gitano-smoking woodworkers who eat espresso and croissants when on a break, think [...]

Watch Laura Ann Arnold and her husband, David, as they learn their way around the shop while building the I Can Do That project "A Picnic of a Build."

Replace your router’s base with a shop-made version that’s oversized, stable and inexpensive. Watch Bob Lang demonstrate the advantages of this offset router baseplate in our free video.