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Contradictory finishing information is frustrating. Here we clear up one example. By Bob Flexner Pages: 110-111 From the October 2005 issue #150 Buy this issue now Each month Popular Woodworking [...]

What we like (and dislike) about this revolutionary machine. By the Popular Woodworking staff Pages: 86-87 From the October 2005 issue #150 Buy this issue now A safe table saw – that’s the holy [...]

A single cable provides 120-volt and 240V service. By Bruce D. Wedlock Pages: 82-85 From the October 2005 issue #150 Buy this issue now Every article I’ve seen describing the wiring of a shop for [...]

Make curved forms without getting steamed. By Robert W. Lang Pages: 76-81 From the October 2005 issue #150 Buy this issue now Most of the time when a piece of wood has a bend or a curve, it means [...]

A chairmaker explains his fascination with the ancient art of blacksmithing and being able to make his own woodworking tools. By Don Weber Pages: 72-75 From the October 2005 issue #150 Buy this [...]

Easy to make, shiplapped backs add a decorative element to cabinet interiors. By Scott Gibson Pages: 68-71 From the October 2005 issue #150 Buy this issue now Inexpensive and dimensionally [...]

An anachronism in its time, this table now fits perfectly in our homes. By David Thiel Pages: 62-66 From the October 2005 issue #150 Buy this issue now Frank Lloyd Wright would probably be [...]

Help your hand planes glide effortlessly with lubrication from a continental bench accessory. By Samuel Peterson Page: 61 From the October 2005 issue #150 Buy this issue now In the countless dark [...]

By David Thiel Pages: 53-60 From the October 2005 issue #150 Buy this issue now To open our seven-part series on casework construction it’s probably smart to include the definition of casework. [...]

A quest to find the builder of this famous project. By Kara Gebhart Uhl Page: 52 From the October 2005 issue #150 Buy this issue now The morning after Pope John Paul II’s funeral, John Darrow, [...]

Stop measuring and simply learn how to saw straight. By Frank Klausz Pages: 46-51 From the October 2005 issue #150 Buy this issue now The dovetail is an ancient joint widely used in cathedrals, [...]

Hold and guide your work like never before with this fixture that will (finally) fix your drill press. By Eric Hedberg Pages: 36-40 From the October 2005 issue #150 Buy this issue now There [...]