On Building Treehouses
Treehouses bring out the kid in everyone. Whether for a child in your life or as a relaxing getaway, a treehouse is a fun project to build that can test your creativity and be incredibly [...]
Best Weapons for Leveling Table Legs: A Drill Press and a Stick
One of the challenges with making any sort of table is getting its legs to sit flat on a level surface without rocking. I know lots of tricks for fixing the problem of tables that rock, but I’d [...]
Mark Harrell: Woodworking in America 2015
In woodworking, “cutting-edge technology” doesn’t necessarily mean the latest bright new thing. In fact, vintage technology often is our literal cutting edge. At Woodworking in [...]
Jeff Miller’s ‘Using the Versatile Chisel’
In April, the good folks at Lie-Nielsen came to our offices for one of their hand tool events, bearing planes, chisels and other great tools. Getting to try sharp, well-made tools was a [...]
2 x 4 Handplane
The concept of the “transitional plane” has piqued my interest for a while. Both off-the-shelf and user-made versions by their relative scarcity in my neck of the woods create intrigue. I decided [...]
Solid Wood Tabletop Orientation & Installation – Part 2
Editor’s note: Read Part 1 by clicking here. After deciding what was the right alignment between the top and the base, I looked for the best way to attach it to the base’s hooped apron. I [...]
Weekend Medicine Cabinet Project
As many of you know, I recently bought a new (old) house. Though I’m still waiting on my roofer to finish up work on the porch roof (grrrrr), most of the major “must do [...]
Solid Wood Tabletop Orientation & Installation – Part 1
I never paid much attention to the particulars of round tabletop vs. base orientation, that is until a few months ago when we inherited a bent steel-base table with a round solid oak top. I liked [...]
A Few Days with Toshio Odate
If you follow us (@pweditors) on Twitter (and/or you follow me @1snugthejoiner), you know we were in Connecticut in May to visit with and film a couple videos with Toshio Odate. When I [...]
Yes, You Can Have Too Much Ventilation
Earlier this year I decided to set up a spray booth in my shop so I could spray finishes on crappy days. It did not turn out well. Usually I spray outside, so I have to wait for a pleasant …
Super Easy Bench Hook
Popular Woodworking already has a comprehensive guide on making and using a bench hook full of good information, so I hesitated for a moment before adding my particular version. However, I [...]
How I Use the Veritas Mark II Power Sharpening Machine
I’ve long been a fan of the Veritas Mark II Power Sharpening machine. I had one of the first models while working at Popular Woodworking Magazine. On the day I left the magazine, I ordered one [...]
