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Issue 8 of Woodworking Magazine (our sister publication) is now available in both digital and printed formats directly from us. We’ve shipped out the issues to our newsstand [...]

What tools would Norm Abram and Scott Phillips grab on the way out the door if their shops caught fire? Find out next week when Popular Woodworking presents exclusive video interviews with Norm [...]

Riving Knives , Not Just for The Europeans Anymore Of all the new things appearing at this year’s AWSF show, the most exciting is the sudden appearance of true riving knives and sensible [...]

In a completely inspired move, newcomers Steel City Tool Works is unveiling a line of machinery later this year that will use granite , let me repeat that , granite as a key component. Steel [...]

LumberJocks is an online community of woodworkers that have a common thread. They enjoy sharing with one another, they appreciate one another’s work, and a good challenge doesn’t go [...]

One of the best things in life is time. It’s a scarce commodity for most people to find time to spend with loved ones, time to loaf around the house or time to experiment in the workshop. [...]

Reader Brady Fretland writes: I’m tired of drooling over the designs in your employer’s publications and want to get to work. However, here is my situation: My tools consist of a [...]

If you’ve ever struggled with sharpening a card scraper or using your handplanes while building furniture, there are two new DVDs on these topics you should find useful. “Hand [...]

Whenever I meet with a new woodworking group for a seminar or an event of some kind, I give them background on my early days in woodworking and me. One area I touch on is how I learn from my …

Have you checked out the article on the Erastus Rude Shaker Clock in the current issue of Popular Woodworking magazine? I had a great time working with Bob Casey on building our interpretation of [...]

We’ve all read the advice: Always spread out your oily rags on a table to dry, or drape them over the edge of a trash can, making sure they don’t overlap. Why? Because oxygen [...]

For years I used my Stanley 71 router plane in blissful ignorance. I was happy that it was easy to adjust and maneuver. But in the last couple years my affection for the No. 71 has been shaken, [...]