Helical Cutterhead in a Suitcase Planer

SCTW (Steel City Tool Works) is about to unveil a new suitcase planer that includes its patented helical head. We talked about helical heads being introduced to planers in coverage at 2008 [...]

Unisaw: Made in the U.S.A.

The white stars on the map above show the location of some of the key U.S. suppliers for the Delta Unisaw and the red stars highlight the contributions of internal Black & Decker [...]

Shaker Tall Clocks: A Family Project

Whenever I get the opportunity to speak to a woodworking club or group for the first time, I introduce myself and tell a great story about when my Dad and I first traveled to a lumberyard to [...]

Porter-Cable Faces Issue Head-on

A short while ago, Porter-Cable brought out a new line of tools targeted at professionals. These tools were shown to editors in an event in New York and are in stores now (click here to read [...]

Purchase by Torque

In the 26 months that I’ve been working at Popular Woodworking, we’ve studied and discussed drills in most ways imaginable. We’ve examined batteries moving from 12 volts through [...]

F+W Warehouse Book Sale is Back!

If a decade ago you lived in the Cincinnati area, you likely attended the F+W Warehouse sale. At the time, we had a book warehouse on our Evanston property (the old Coca Cola bottling plant), and [...]

Roy Underhill Contemplates The Ax

One of the highlights of the Woodworking in America conference in November 2008 was Roy Underhill’s keynote address. Underhill, the hero to many hand-tool woodworkers, touched on a lot of [...]