Shaker Stepback Cupboard Sketchup Model
This is a model of a Shaker style stepback cupboard featured in an article in the February 2009 issue of Popular Woodworking magazine.
Finger Joint Jig Sketchup Model
This is a model of a microadjustable finger joint jig featured in an article in the January 2004 issue of Popular Woodworking magazine. Project design and construction by Nick Engler, SketchUp [...]
Peanut Butter, Jelly and Woodworking Forums
The good thing about the Internet is that you can find tons of information on nearly any subject in seconds. If you can’t find an answer to your specific question, you can find a forum where you [...]
Tool Racks-Then & Now
Every now and then I get a question from a reader about the tool rack that hangs in the window of our shop behind my workbench. The rack in question was originally made in May 2007 for an article [...]
Cleaning Old Users
One of the occupational hazards of my job isn’t working with tools, it’s writing about them. Here’s an example: I’ve been working on an article for our June 2011 issue [...]
April 2011 Tricks In Action
Our Tricks of the Trade column is written by our readers, and most of the entries come from “regular guys.” Occasionally we receive a trick from someone more recognizable, and this [...]
Morris Chair Tour [Video]
View the full instructions for this project here. My favorite project is usually the last one I’ve finished, or the one I’m about to start. The cover project for the April 2011 issue [...]
How Not to Hurt Yourself On a Table Saw
© As are all of our blog posts, this story is protected by copyright; Popular Woodworking Magazine, 2011. Back in junior high school, there were occasions when the entire class would be [...]
Table Saw Injuries-What is the Real Cost?
© As are all of our blog posts, this story is protected by copyright; Popular Woodworking Magazine, 2011. The costs of any hazard are central to the question of whether or not the Consumer [...]
Table Saw Injury Numbers in Perspective
© As are all of our blog posts, this story is protected by copyright; Popular Woodworking Magazine, 2011. When the debate over table saw safety gets heated, numbers are brought out to bolster one [...]
Should We License Table Saws
And If We Did, Would You Pass the Test? Whether or not the Consumer Product Safety Commission should mandate the inclusion of “flesh-detecting technology” in new table saws has generated much [...]
CPSC Chief Wants Improved Table Saw Safety
It isn’t often that a woodworking topic makes national news, but today’s USA Today carries just such a story. While not charting a specific course of government action, CPSC Chairman [...]
