Featured Article

In my “Make a Panel-raising Plane” article in the November 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, the iron I use came from my reserve of “New, Old Stock” (NOS) irons. [...]

Hello world…

Teaching someone to cut dovetails is easy. Teaching them to joint an edge for glue-up with a handplane is something else. If you don’t believe me, consult Joseph Moxon, who wrote the first [...]

Of the many classic projects we printed in our 16 issues of Woodworking Magazine, this Stickley sideboard (No. 802), built by Christopher Schwarz (from the Summer 2009 issue), is my favorite*. I [...]

Matt Cianci’s initial forays into woodworking were as a luthier but his introduction to handsaws was born of necessity. “I had to furnish my house and I couldn’t afford [...]

For the last few years, I’ve studied the world of campaign furniture and the history of the Roorkhee chair, an English form of military seating that appeared in the last days of the 19th century. [...]

Below is a video of the SketchUp progressions used by Jameel Abraham in “Double-bevel Artistry” is the August 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. …

Woodworking, like fishing, covers a lot of territory, so the audience for our magazine and web site is a diverse lot. When I learned how to make stuff out of wood, the Internet didn’t exist [...]

The portable “Milkman’s Workbench” from the June 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine has attracted a lot of attention, judging from the e-mail piling up in my Inbox. The No. 1 question: [...]

A lifelong dream of woodworking is ready to come to fruition. By Mike Hudson Page 64 I stared up at the silent giant, standing twice as tall as me – polished wood, [...]

The crates for the April 5-6 Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event arrived yesterday (thank you, kind neighbor, for your forklift help); it’s tempting to open them and dig into the bronze, wood and [...]

Perhaps the headline should read “the tool I hate to love.” Every now and then I need something round, or an odd-sized hole, and I turn to the “adjustable circle cutter.” [...]