Power Tool Caddy
Power Tool Caddy This plywood stand for power tools is compact and mobile.To lock the stand in place, just flip down the hinged board at the base. Cut the hinged board wide enough so it will lift [...]
A Great Sawhorse
A Great Sawhorse These sawhorses are sturdy and they fold flat for easy storage. Building them is a snap: joint and plane 2×4 stock to 1 in.; then rip to 3 in.Crosscut at 30 in. for the legs [...]
Why we should teach our children Woodworking in school
Doug Stowe is one of the greatest proponents of Woodworking education in America. In this short video he lays out a compelling case for children to learn woodworking in schools: Woodworking is a [...]
Call for Entries: PWM Excellence Awards
We know our readers do great work – and we’re giving you the chance to show it off to the world, with the inaugural Popular Woodworking Magazine Excellence Awards. Winners in each of five [...]
SketchUp Comes To American Woodworker
Beginning with this post, I will be blogging on AmericanWoodworker.com, approximately four times a month. The subject will be SketchUp and related topics such as Ruby Plugins, LayOut, CutList [...]
Interviews with Woodworkers You Know
At last year’s Woodworking in America, Members of the Modern Woodworkers Association were running around with audio equipment doing short, off-the-cuff interviews on all things woodworking [...]
The secrets of Japanese wooden toothpicks
While visiting New York's Greenwich Village neighborhood this afternoon, I entered a Japanese American pop-up store that sells amazing chocolates and other [...]
DECKING COMPLETE
THIS IS DECKING BEFORE AND AFTER . ONE WITH GATE ONE WITHOUT GATE . GATE IS REMOVABLE BY LIFTING OUT. . THIS DECKING WITH MY ADVICE ON TIMBER CARE WILL LAST THIS CUSTOMER 15 PLUS YEARS IN [...]
SAPFM Demos at Lie-Nielsen Show, April 5-6 2013
The crates for the April 5-6 Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event arrived yesterday (thank you, kind neighbor, for your forklift help); it’s tempting to open them and dig into the bronze, wood and [...]
New Woodworking Machinery Company Enters Market
Baileigh Industrial, a company founded in 1999 and better known in the metalworking industry, has entered the woodworking market with a lineup of machinery that straddles the line between larger [...]
Veritas Miniature Router Plane in Action
I haven’t joined in the current love-fest for the router plane. It’s way down on my list of essential tools. I find it a fussy thing whose main purpose seems to be making perfectly [...]
What is it With Southern Joinery?
Since Bob Lang and I returned from our scouting trip for potential book projects at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, I have had the opportunity to build a few southern projects. A [...]
