Q & A: Why are new chisels so dull?
Q & A: Why are new chisels so dull? Q: Whenever I buy a blade, like a tablesaw blade or a router bit, it’s always sharp.How come when I buy chisels they’re duller [...]
Thank You (I Think) for the Wentworth Saw Vise
I’ve recently become more comfortable with the basics of saw sharpening, through a combination of Christopher Schwarz’s hands-on tutelage, Pete Taran’s awesome primer (available [...]
A Pencil from the Tailor Helps Sawing
For me, one of the biggest challenges when working with dark-colored woods is marking them out for sawing and chiseling. Knife lines and pencil lines disappear into the tangle of growth rings and [...]
French Dovetails or Sliding Dovetails
Before I jump onto my soapbox to spout off, I’ll share a bit more about drawers for my upcoming workbench. I plan to have two stacks, each with five drawers. Sizes range from a small [...]
Bosch Colt Router Plunge Base Video Tool Test
In the April issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, we test the plunge base for the Bosch Colt router. In this video, I show some of the features of this long-awaited base, and give some tips for [...]
THE DECKING
This is the start of a 6 metre x 5.040 metre decking.Before there was old decking which was solid 6 x 2 timber,with household internal flooring 6 x 3/4 inch.None of old was treated or tanalised. [...]
New Workbench Build
In 2006, as I began my first round at Popular Woodworking Magazine (PWM), I was told I had to build a workbench. Even with then editor Christopher Schwarz chest deep in workbench publications, it [...]
Woodworking Sex Appeal
Have you found members of the opposite sex pay more attention to you after they discover you’re a furniture maker? Or, after taking up the craft, your spouse brags to all her friends that [...]
AW Extra 7/18/13 – Bandsawn Tapered Legs
Bandsawn Tapered Legs Tips and tricks to make your legs look better and the job go faster By Tom Caspar 1. Cut riftsawn legs The riftsawn section of a board makes the best-looking legs. [...]
Design Build Show 2013
If you’re in the Boston area, I’m envious – because you can attend the Furniture Project’s 2013 Design Build Show, which starts tomorrow, Feb. 21, and runs through Feb. 24, at [...]
Q & A: Dovetail Jig Set-Up
Q & A: Dovetail Jig Set-Up Q: I’ve fallen in love with my dovetail router jig, but my big frustration is setting the depth of the dovetail bit each time. I’ve tried measuring how [...]
A woodworker character is born on TV’s Portlandia
Everyone knows Portlandia as the quintessential showcase of Hipster culture. Part of becoming a hipster involves striving toward some sort of self reliance or at least dexterity of [...]
