The Joint Stool as Hiding Place
It would be nigh-on impossible to find a house in the early modern* period that didn’t have a “joynt stool,” “joyned table” or “joyned forme.” [...]
Congratulations to Guitar-maker Extraordinaire Grit Laskins
William “Grit” Laskin, who makes guitars that look and sound out of this world, is a recipient of a 2012 Order of Canada, an annual award from the Canadian government honoring the [...]
A Past, Caught in a Web
Typically when I delve into historic research, it has something to do with 16th- and early 17th-century playwrights and playhouses, social mobility and the burgeoning middle class… stuff [...]
WIA, PWM & More: A Video Chat With Al Navas
Al Navas, the owner of Sandal Woods Fine Woodworking (that’s his jewelry box with inlaid dovetails you see at left), invited the editors and publisher of Popular Woodworking Magazine to a [...]
Ralph S. Wilkes, 100 Years Young
Congratulations (and belated good wishes) to Ralph S. Wilkes, who in April celebrated his 100th birthday. Mr. Wilkes wrote for Popular Woodworking (and other woodworking magazines) in the [...]
Campaign Chest Questions Answered
The cover story for the August 2012 issue, the stunning campaign chest built by Christopher Schwarz, has already generated a lot of interest. And now, it’s easy to find the exact hardware [...]
How Larry Williams Hones a Chisel – Don’t Blink
On my recent visit to Kelly Mehler’s School of Woodworking, in Berea, Ky., Larry Williams of Old Street Tool took a few minutes away from his planemaking students to show me how he hones [...]
Watch ‘The Woodwright’s Shop’ for Less
First, many thanks for your excitement about “The Woodwright’s Shop” DVDs – and I have to say I’m awfully excited myself, because when Roy first came on the air in 1980, I [...]
Tool Basics for the Beginning Woodworker
I gotta say, the timing is bad on this. At the same time that we’ve announced DVD compilations of four seasons of Roy Underhill’s “The Woodwright’s Shop,” [...]
Roy Underhill Videos Now Available to Order
On behalf of Roy Underhill and the entire Popular Woodworking team, I am delighted to announce that we now have four seasons of Roy Underhill’s “The Woodwright’s Shop” [...]
Old Street Tool (a.k.a. Wooden Handplane Porn)
Last Friday, I skipped out of the office for a trip down to Kelly Mehler’s School of Woodworking in Berea, Ky., (the most bucolic woodworking school I’ve had the pleasure of [...]
PWM August 2012 Digital Issue Mailing Today
Just a quick note for all the digital subscribers: the August issue link will be sent to your e-mail in boxes today and tomorrow, from “popularwoodworking.web” – so if you see that [...]
