Get a Look Inside the June Issue
Subscribers, get ready to watch your mailboxes; the June 2010 issue mails next week. In the meantime, you can watch some of the free videos right now for the June issue at [...]
Boy Scouts Bring Back Historic Carpentry Badge – Could You Earn It?
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), the organization has for one year only brought back four retired merit badges: pathfinding, signaling, tracking and [...]
Woodworking Social Network, New at Sandal Woods
We don’t often post on the Popular Woodworking Magazine blog about other blogs and sites, but our friend Al Navas, of Sandal Woods has some added some interesting new features to his [...]
Generations in the Making
A couple weeks back, I wrote about the step-chair I was making for my niece, per a Fitzpatrick family tradition that began in the 1950s. The project plan was from U-Bild, which discontinued the [...]
'Tool Crib of the North' is Back as 'Acme Tools'
Woodworkers of old (of more than a decade, anyway) may remember the Tool Crib of the North (TCN) as among the premier online dealers in woodworking tools and supplies. Well before he was editor [...]
Planes That Make Me Say SQUEEEEE! (And They Work)
Cute as a bug’s ear , though far more useful than any insect’s tympanal organ , are the new detail rabbet planes from Veritas (the high-end, made-in-Canada house brand of Lee Valley [...]
A Family Tradition, Ready for Some Finish
Thursday, I wrote that I was going to make a “Step-Chair” (U-BILD plan No. 102) for my niece, per family tradition. What I didn’t mention was that I felt the need to complicate [...]
April is Just a Week Away!
Though we’re buried in snow, Spring is on the way…in the form of the April 2010 Popular Woodworking Magazine. This issue is the first that combines the best of Popular Woodworking and [...]
VIDEO – Tricks-in-Action – Pitch Remover
Tricks-in-Action showcases a reader-submitted woodworking tip taken directly from the pages of Popular Woodworking Magazine's Tricks of the Trade column.
In the April 2010 [...]
Is That in My Job Description?
Last Wednesday, it felt like I was in a wholly different line of work (and one that I’ve heard can be far more lucrative than publishing , if illegal in 49 states). You see, I spent the day [...]
A Table and Seating in a Day
If you’re a regular reader of Editor Christopher Schwarz’s blog, you know that Chris likes good food and good beer almost as much as he likes his Lie-Nielsen No. 7 (and animal [...]
In a Bit of a 'Skrape'
Still in the midst of stripping my stairs, I’m trying not to use any smelly, highly dangerous chemicals , nothing that requires a mask or moving the cats out for the duration (good thing, [...]
