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Learn four rock-solid ways to build this tavern table -- from traditional to totally high-tech, our project plans help you out.

For woodworkers today, using traditional joinery is an expression of skill and nostalgia, a demonstration of the mastery of techniques practiced every day two centuries earlier.

After a recent hardware show, we became impressed with polyurethane glues.

The first time I saw a hand scraper in use I was sure some form of magic was involved.

My grandfather used to call them “dead men” — T-shaped stands that he placed outboard of a tool or a workbench for additional support. They were the extra hands he needed to manage large [...]

There’s no finishing problem more frustrating than glue splotches. You spend countless hours cutting, shaping, smoothing and joining pieces of wood only to have your work discolored where glue [...]

Most finger joint jigs become unusable after a few uses. This adjustable one will last for years.

Some claims made by furniture-care products are misleading or just wrong. Find out the truth about these products.

By Walt Akers

Long neglected in favor of oil and varnish finishes, here's a case for shellac.

My family's approach to passing on heirlooms can only be described as unique.

In the cold waters of the Great Lakes, treasure hunters and commercial divers considered them a nuisance. Huge logs stuck in the mud, suspended underwater or resting on the bottom were [...]