Creole Table: The Builder’s Cut
Last summer I spent a week in Columbus, Ohio, with my best friend from high school. He was there for a conference. I was there to write the text for my story on building an 18th-century walnut [...]
The Anvil Test: Taking Requests
Dusting Off the Anvil One of my favorite books is “The Magic Christian.” It’s about an eccentric billionaire who likes to play practical jokes. In one scene, a man busts up a [...]
Free Slideshow of the Sindelar Tool Collection
John Sindelar stands in front of a door at the back of his thriving cabinet and millwork shop in Edwardsburg, Mich. The door opens into blackness and Sindelar turns around for a moment before [...]
The Sindelar Tool Collection
After collecting tens of thousands of tools, cabinetmaker John Sindelar is ready to show them off in a museum.
Tool Test – Last Minute Gifts for Dad
Father’s Day is Sunday, June 17, and I know there are family members trying to figure out any last-minute gifts for dear old Dad. We are a woodworking magazine , I’m sure we’re [...]
Download a Free Slideshow of the Holtzapffel Workbench
As a child, nothing put me to sleep faster than one of my father’s slideshows. Sure, they were of his fascinating time in Vietnam, but there’s something about a couch, a darkened room [...]
And the Winner of the PM2000 Saw is….
Michael A. Whittemore Sr. of Signal Mountain, Tenn., is the lucky winner of the Powermatic PM2000 cabinet saw from our online contest. Whittemore said he was “drooling over his [...]
Workshop in the Popular Woodworking Workshop
It’s hard to refer to what we do here at Popular Woodworking as work, especially when a work day is like yesterday. It was a long day, but a great one. John Economaki, founder of Bridge [...]
To Finish or Not To Finish
Every once in a while I get reminded of why I do the things I do. Specifically, why I choose to not finish the insides of my drawer boxes. What reminds me of this technique that I feel so [...]
Canadian Woodworking School, Rosewood Studio, Closes
A little over a year ago, I spent the weekend in the little town of Almonte, Ontario, which is just outside of Ottawa. I was attending a furniture conference hosted by the Rosewood Studio. The [...]
New Expanded Issue of Woodworking Magazine Coming July 24
Good news: The next issue of Woodworking Magazine goes on sale on July 24. The new issue will be bigger than the last seven issues , 48 pages instead of 36 , and will be available in both printed [...]
June 7: Meet the Founder of Bridge City Tools at a Free Workshop
John Economaki, the founder of Bridge City Tools, is coming to our shop on Thursday, June 7, to demonstrate some new tools from his company and discuss hand tools in general during a free evening [...]
