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Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking world. This week we’re looking at elusive sawhorses, a shop fire,...

I’m a big believer in featherboards and have several. Some are shop-made, but most are commercial accessories. Mine are all well-known brands like Kreg, Magswitch, Powertec, and Woodpeckers. [...]

There are lots of ways to observe Valentine’s Day, but “couples woodworking” never occurred to me. It did, however, occur at HatchSpace, a community workshop and woodworking school in [...]

It always stirs up an uproar when we post a question online about the usefulness of the project cut lists we provide in the magazine. Readers voted resoundingly to keep...

Woodworking has been around a long time; much longer than your dad’s garage shop, Medieval times or even ancient Rome.  I’m talking more than 430,000 years ago when some caveman —...

Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking world. This week we’re looking at a ton of new tool...

We visit a manufacturing facility to get the nitty-gritty on making abrasives. In all likelihood sandpaper isn’t made the way you probably think it’s made. In fact, what is most...

I wrote recently about fire safety and highlighted three devastating fires at large pro shops within a two-day period last week. I don’t do updates often enough, but I thought...

It’s hard to believe that Woodworking in America 2025 is already a month in the rearview mirror. (Editor’s note: Logan wrote this article back in November.) What a weekend it...

There’s at least one thing everybody agrees on: Giant furniture is way cool. No matter where you go, you’re never far from “The World’s Largest Chair/Cabinet/Dresser” or some variation on the...

Grind, hone, polish: the basics of all sharpening. Among the fundamental skills necessary for good woodworking, I’d put knowing how to sharpen your edge tools at the top of the...

Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking world. This week we’re looking at Roubo Workbenches, wood [...]