No-Cost, Low-Cost, Easy-Entry Digital Woodworking — Part One
It always starts with a design Digital woodworking uses digitally controlled tools in your workshop as an addition to hybrid and handtools. Most often this means owning and operating a...
The English Layout Square: A Mystery and a Slideshow
Today I’m in Portland, Maine, eating myself sick at Duckfat and studying the architectural details on the old houses in this coastal city. As I started picking apart some Victorian...
Do You Like Swedes With Bigger Legs?
The Skansen bench that I built for the April 2010 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine has proved to be a popular project with readers. But if you like, you can...
Full-size Pattern for the Skansen Bench
Last week we offered free plans for the Skansen Bench I built for the April 2010 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. If you didn’t hear about this, it’s likely because...
Roubo Try Square Plans Now Available in Our Store
Expanded and detailed plans for the Roubo Try Square from the February 2010 issue are now for sale as a download in our store. The plans include the original two-page...
Free Download: Deluxe Plans for 'The Schoolbox'
You can download a deluxe SketchUp drawing of the Schoolbox, a project that was featured on the cover of the Autumn 2009 issue. This file was made by Randall Wilkins,...
I Guess it’s a ‘Deadwoman’
For me a design is never done until the finish is on the piece, I’ve stared at the thing for a long time and I’ve turned my back on it....
The Tool That Changed My Woodworking Life
The most significant woodworking tool that has been introduced in my lifetime doesn’t cut wood and it costs nothing. It is Google’s SketchUp program, a 3D computer-aided design [...]
New SketchUp Drawing of a Roubo Workbench
Last week a reader posted a nice SketchUp drawing of a Roubo workbench that you can download (for free) from Google’s 3D Warehouse. The drawing features the Benchcrafted Wagon Vise...
SketchUp Model Available for my Tool Cabinet
A few years ago I was teaching a class on handplanes when one of the students came up to my bench to ask a favor. One of the main reasons...
Free Drawing: The Knockdown Holtzapffel Workbench
Ever since we published plans for the Holtzapffel Cabinetmaker’s Workbench in Issue 8 of Woodworking Magazine, readers have requested information on how to build the bench so it could be...
Free SketchUp Drawings of Woodworking Magazine Projects
Now you can download six free SketchUp drawings for projects published in Woodworking Magazine during the last four years. These files work with Google’s free drafting program, SketchUp, [...]
