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Our November issue is on it’s way to subscribers, and will be showing up on newsstands in a couple weeks. If you’re a SketchUp user, you can get a peek at the projects at the Popular [...]

The “Gluebo” has been put through its workholding paces lately as I’ve been working on a 33″ x 84-1/2″ screen door for my house. I stayed after work on Friday to [...]

I’ve been (slowly) working on a mortise-and-tenon screen door for the front of my Victorian house; I wrote a few days ago about the construction. Late on Friday afternoon, I routed a [...]

Sometimes, great woodworking tools come in very small packages , and at a very small price. We just received a few samples of the “GripSharp,” a combination pencil grip and pencil [...]

Last year at a class I taught at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking (MASW), I was amazed at the different mallets class participants brought with them. I couldn’t believe the choices were [...]

Few writers or teachers can be given credit for influencing an entire generation. That takes someone special, in the right place at the right time. James Krenov made a generation of woodworkers [...]

It is my opinion that a cut list is one of the most useless additions to woodworking project articles. Yes, these charts, or pages in some cases, do contain beneficial information, but many [...]

“Finishes that Pop,” the Popular Woodworking DVD that walks through the finish process I use on my fine furniture, is shipping and available from  Woodworker’s BookShop (Click [...]

– What: A Backstage Pass to Whitewater Shaker Village and Freud Tools Demo – When: Saturday, Sept. 12. Freud demonstrations at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.; tours of Village throughout the [...]

With Labor Day right around the corner, we’re experiencing the change from summer to fall. How does this effect your woodworking? Are you packing things up for the season, or are you about [...]

Last year’s Woodworking in America Hand Tools & Techniques conference totally caught me off-guard. It was my first conference to work, and I came in with very little expectations , both [...]

Yes , it’s another post about my clothing purchases. Contain yourselves. I loved this skirt. I bought it when I was 16 or 17 , when I apparently thought “sexy” was an [...]