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I’m fairly comfortable in front of a classroom. For 12 years, I’ve taught part-time at the University of Cincinnati , most recently a 200-level class on Shakespeare’s plays. [...]

We published our woodworking-related wish lists just before Christmas…and perhaps we waited until it was a bit too late. Note to self: next time, provide links. To my mother, a diamond is [...]

In October of last year, we learned that after 21 seasons, “The New Yankee Workshop” was closing up shop and at the time, Russ Morash, executive producer and director of  the show, [...]

With the holidays fast approaching, we decided to share our Christmas wish lists, in the hopes that someone (mom, are you reading this?) would be looking for last-minute gifts. And because a [...]

We recently launched a new, fast way for you to get the exact project plan or article you’re looking for. It’s called WoodworkingNow , and here’s the skinny. WoodworkingNow is a [...]

I just finished teaching “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to my Shakespeare class, and while I find the various pairs of lovers in the play to be fairly boring, I’m enchanted [...]

I talked with a friend tonight who’s never seen my house , except for the small bits of it in pictures that show up in the magazine. Apparently, he got his December 2009 issue, for which I [...]

The Wall Street Journal just reported that Stanley Works and Black & Decker are merging in an all-stock deal valued at $4.5 billion. Black & Decker shareholders will get 1.275 shares of [...]

Discover our picks for the 12 Best New Tools of 2009 in the December issue of Popular Woodworking , if you’re a subscriber, you should be getting the new issue any day now (it will be [...]

Norm Abram sat down with Publisher Steve Shanesy at the July 2007 AWFS show in Las Vegas We’ve just received a press release stating that, after 21 seasons, The New Yankee Workshop is [...]

Yesterday, Glen Huey squeezed out equal amounts of Old Brown Glue and Titebond liquid hide glue onto two glass plates, then we walked around the offices accosting F+W employees, thrust the plates [...]

I’m the smallest person in our shop, yet I inevitably gravitate toward the largest projects. For the February 2009 issue of Popular Woodworking, I built a Shaker-inspired stepback that [...]