The Shaker Stepladder
This functional form is an ideal intro to the Shaker Style. Learn how to make this useful project, all while sharpening your hand tool skills.
Historic North Carolina Candle Stand
A tapered (not turned) post sets this stand apart from contemporaries. I have a thing for candle stands. These small tables are quick to make, don’t require a lot of material to build, and are [...]
The Portable Moravian Workbench
A good workbench is worth its weight in gold, and building your own workbench is often the first right of passage for an aspiring woodworker. For workbenches, there’s also a balancing act [...]
Folding Bookstand – Reader Build: Patrick Brennan
It’s not every day that I get excited about a bookstand, but there was something uniquely enticing about Chris Schwarz’s folding bookstand build in the June 2018 issue of Popular [...]
Revising my First Book, ‘Workbenches’
For the last month, I’ve been revising and expanding my first book “Workbenches: From Design & Theory to Construction & Use” for F+W Media. The revised book is scheduled to be out by the [...]
‘Building the Portable Moravian Workbench’ DVD
Collectively, members of the Popular Woodworking Magazine staff past and present have spent a lot of time at Old Salem and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) – I’d say it [...]
2 Workbench Vises I’d Like to Try
The more I study workbenches, the more I’m convinced there is no end to the clever vises out there. This week I have two vises that are worth a close look. One is a ratcheting leg vise [...]
Rediscover a Shaker Classic
A rim and box in contrasting species is an elegant eye-catcher. Open boxes, as useful as they are attractive, were not made to hold sweets for the table. Instead, they were for something that [...]
Woodworking DVD Clearance Sale and Half-Price Videos
If you’ve thought about getting any of our great woodworking videos on DVD, now is the time. We’ve put almost every DVD in our store on sale, up to 75% off. You can get full seasons [...]
Local Lumberyard Map
Lumberyard Directory Editors note: this list is no longer being updated as of 1/1/2020 This lumberyard map is the result of a long-term survey asking readers to report their favorite lumberyards. [...]
On Thick, Wet Slab Tops for Workbenches
During the last seven years, I’ve slowly become a fan of using a monolithic slab for the top of a workbench. And I’ve also slowly begun to ignore all the criticisms of slab tops. I built my first [...]
Joint Maker Sketchup Model
This is a model of a horizontal router table with a sliding table.
