PWM August 2012 Digital Issue Mailing Today
Just a quick note for all the digital subscribers: the August issue link will be sent to your e-mail in boxes today and tomorrow, from “popularwoodworking.web” – so if you see that [...]
A Talk with Matt Vanderlist about Woodworking in America 2012
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of talking with Matt Vanderlist (a.k.a. “the podfather”), the man behind the microphone at Matt’s Basement Workshop, about Woodworking in [...]
Tool Test: Lie-Nielsen Violin Maker’s Plane
In the August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine (which mails to subscribers on June 13), you’ll find a review of the Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Violin Maker’s Plane (also called [...]
More Free SketchUp Models Added to Our Collection
It has been a while since we’ve mentioned it here on the editor’s blog, but with the publication of each new issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, we make SketchUp models of the [...]
Slideshow: Cut a Perfectly Matched Lid from a Box
The August 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine features an article titled “4 Boxes, 4 Ways,” in which each editor built one of his or her favorite box designs. For the box I [...]
Slideshow: Cutting Keyed Miter Joints
Slideshow: Keyed Miter Joints I like the decorative effect that keyed miter joints lend to an otherwise simple box. But they also add a great deal of strength to a notoriously weak joint. [...]
Get Ready to Make a Roorkhee Chair
My mailbox has been deluged with questions about the Roorkhee chairs that will be featured in a fall issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. The No. 1 question: What does a woodworker need to do [...]
Glen Huey’s Clever Secret Drawers
Glen Huey, contributing editor, is wrapping up the build on an impressive walnut secretary for a customer right now, and he’s incorporated a bunch of secret drawers into the piece. On his [...]
Highly Recommended: Grace USA Screwdrivers
It’s sad to say, but all of the so-called “lifetime” screwdrivers I’ve tried over the years are sorely lacking in one way or another. On many of them, the tips are soft or poorly shaped. Soft [...]
Hope-chest from reclaimed wood – part 5: Lid work begins
Early on when I started writing about the Hope-chest I mentioned that I used an old piano part for the lid. Here is a picture of the lid and its original frame. I have to admit that I tried hard [...]
Sources for Rule Joint Hinges
Coming soon (June 12) in the August 2012 Issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine is an article by Willard Anderson titled “Rule Joints by Hand and Power,” which explains the history of [...]
Elliptical Shapes Using Simple Geometry – video
In our soon-to-be-mailed August issue, furniture maker Freddy Roman discusses the use of elliptical shapes. Freddy uses them frequently in the Federal-style furniture he makes. In the article, he [...]
