Q & A: Can I Sharpen My Router Bit?
Can I Sharpen My Router Bit? Q: I’ve got a carbide router bit that’s caked with pitch and leaves a rough cut. Can I rescue it or should I buy a new one? A: A bit can be brought [...]
AW Extra 10/3/13 – 9 Ways to Untangle Wires
9 Ways to Untangle Wires By Brad Holden Electric spaghetti. That’s what most of us have lurking behind our computer desks and entertainment centers. Every time you want to add or take out a [...]
Trend Goes Pocket-sized
Trend has always been on the cutting edge; they’ve even got products to keep it sharp. One of the company’s latest products is of particular interest to me. As someone who does a fair [...]
Félibien and the Fantastic Goberge
Before Joseph Moxon’s “Mechanick Exercises,” there was André Félibien. Félibien (1619-1695), was an early and important art critic and published a book in 1676 on the tools and processes [...]
Making a marking knife from an old planer blade – part 1
A marking knife is one of the most useful tools in my toolbox. I use it to score lines in preparation for sawing or chiseling. I own several knives but the one I use most is the new slim …
A gallery for contemporary furniture you should know of
Culture + Commerce Project in Hudson New York is one of my favorite furniture galleries. I stumbled upon it two years ago while attending a weekend wedding in the charming town of Hudson. It [...]
12 Things About Working Teak
1. Your house will smell like Pier 1 2. Because of teak’s waxiness, your machines will be able to take only about one-fourth of their usual cut. Teak bogs everything down. 3. When handplaning it, [...]
A Wee App-etizer
Every week or so, I get a handful of questions along these lines: “Why don’t you have a mobile app for the magazine?” My answer has long been along this line: “Well, we [...]
Friday’s Tip for September 27th
Temporary Zero-Clearance Insert My small tablesaw and accessories follow me to jobsites every day. One morning I needed to rip thin slats from a 2 x 4 and wouldn't you know it, I forgot my [...]
3 Ways to Grow as a Woodworker, from 3 People Who Have Done it
When you think about it, everything we do here at Popular Woodworking is about growth and development. We are in the business of helping to make people better woodworkers, plain and simple. I [...]
A Better Woodworking Push Block
Say the name GRR-Ripper and most woodworkers who own a table saw know the product. It’s a great tool to use for ripping, especially when cutting thin strips or on odd configurations – I use [...]
A Cure for ‘Idleshopalitis’
Chuck Bender, senior editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine, gives you a compelling reason to come to Woodworking in America 2013. Warning: the following video may expose some deeply concealed [...]
