Protection You’ll Want to Wear
On occasion, I get my chops busted for not wearing safety gear. Eye and ear protection are things that I constantly have to think about and remember to use. However, I am happy to say that [...]
Rockler & Laguna Tools Hook Up
Laguna Tools in Irvine, Calif., has been in business for more than 27 years. The company, with its full line of woodworking equipment, is best known for high-quality band saws and its DriftMaster [...]
Changes in Online Woodworking Communities
Woodworking can be a solitary and isolating pursuit, and one of the big changes the Internet has brought us is the ability to form connections with other woodworkers from across the country and [...]
‘Line & Berry String Inlay by Router’
Our newest DVD, “Line & Berry String Inlay by Router,” is available and on the shelf at shopwoodworking.com. Don’t think of it as simply “step-by-step” instruction for just line & berry [...]
Stanley Sells Off Delta; Will Move to S.C.
Stanley Black & Decker is selling the Delta brand, which will then move its operations to Anderson, S.C. The purchaser is TOTY, according to Popular Woodworking Magazine sources. TOTY is a [...]
February 2011 Preview (and Online Extras)
We just received our office copies of the February 2011 issue, and that means it will soon be on its way to subscribers. And for your (pre)viewing pleasure, we have all but two of the Online [...]
The Curse of the Pirate Chest
I did not want to build the “I Can Do That” project for the February 2011 issue. As my co-workers can attest, I grumbled about it for a good three weeks before I got started…and [...]
The Changing of the Cutterhead
In the February 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine (PWM), we discuss differences in carbide cutterheads – some shear as they cut, and some have carbide knives that meet the wood straight [...]
All Glued up and No Place to Go
This morning, I spent a few hours in the shop fitting tenons for a coffee table and gluing up the base. Obviously, I need to make and install a web frame and the drawers (which, if everything is [...]
Fire & Acid Create Aged Hardware
Any time you get a torch out in the wood shop eyebrows raise and the fun-o-meter strikes new highs, but safety should be the first thought. With that in mind, here is a quick video on how I age [...]
Pumpkin Teeth Become Dovetails
This past weekend (Dec. 4-5, 2010) 10 woodworkers came into the Popular Woodworking Magazine shop to work on their dovetails. Guys came in from the local vicinity and from outside the area, such [...]
The Editors' Wishlists
This year our store, ShopWoodworking.com, added hundreds of new books, plans and DVDs. There are so many new products, in fact, that we haven’t been able to get a look at some of them in [...]
