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Sharing knowledge and inspiration is an integral part of woodworking. On most forums, you’ll find a wealth of knowledge on tools, techniques and projects.  And, if you’re looking [...]

Last Sunday, in The New York Times Magazine cover story, Michael Sokolove reported that in the world of sports, “Girls are more likely suffer chronic knee pain as well as shinsplints and [...]

Last Thursday evening after a regular workday, I jumped on a plane to Charlotte, N.C., to attend a SKIL Tools media event. The event centered on a new line of SKIL benchtop tools. Lowe’s [...]

Every once and awhile, I scoot this tusk tenon from out of its mortise, pull off my eyeglasses and press the tenon to my skull. It’s a simple but important reminder of where this all began [...]

The band saw is great for straight cuts as well as curves, dovetails, mortise-and-tenons and much more. Learn to use this versatile tool safely

As you may have read in an earlier post, Popular Woodworking and our sister publication, Woodworking Magazine, are sponsoring the first-ever weekend conference devoted to hand tools and learning [...]

Design a Bookcase ChallengeThe LumberJocks and Popular Woodworking partnership to design, build and publish a winning bookcase has come to a close, and a winning entry has been selected. I must [...]

This fall, our magazine is sponsoring the first-ever weekend conference devoted to hand tools and learning to use them. We’re calling it the Woodworking in America conference, and [...]

When the topic is finishing, Popular Woodworking magazine turns to Bob Flexner for answers. We believe he is the foremost expert when it comes to anything from alkyd-based varnish to using Xylene [...]

Managing Editor Megan Fitzpatrick grabbed our magazine’s digital camera and told Marc “The Wood Whisperer” Spagnuolo to hold still for a photograph. “I need to take a [...]

My take on dovetail angles might appear to be strange, but I have solid reasons for my choice , if I do say so myself. Here goes. Dovetail angles are most notably described in degrees, but is [...]

The LumberJocks/Popular Woodworking Bookcase Challenge is in full force. Since the full-fledged announcement in our March 26th newsletter, entries have been trickling in. We expect a plethora of [...]