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As we finished cutting all the parts to their designated dimensions, we set up the table saw with the dado blades. I explained to my students that our aim is to cut grooves and dados [...]

First, thank you for all the nice posts and letters I’ve received since my new job was announced last week. I’m excited to be joining the team here at Popular Woodworking Magazine. After eight [...]

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Last Friday afternoon we moved tons of stuff (literally) to our new shop and managed to get most of the big stuff set in place by the end of the day. The photo here will show you how things are [...]

Next year I’ll be teaching two classes on using Google SketchUp for designing woodworking projects, and a new class about making authentic Arts & Crafts period details. In April, [...]

The CD compilation of all seven issues Popular Woodworking Magazine 2011 is now in stock at ShopWoodworking.com. Order by Tuesday, Dec. 13 and choose UPS ground, and it will get to you in time [...]

It sounds like a difficult question, but it’s really not. “I really want a Wenzloff & Sons handsaw, but I am a (graduate student, hobo, philosophy major) and cannot afford it. Can you [...]

A HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM TRAFALGAR SQUARE LONDON ENGLAND.  TO ALL WORLD WIDE AND IN THE USA WHO VIEW MY WORK. MAY SANTA GRANT YOUR WISH….…

In my first posting on the Intro to Woodworking class, I showed a drawing of the students' project. In this entry I will show some pictures from the classroom and will provide two [...]

I’m working on an article about making nailed (boarded) furniture. The new format at the magazine has restricted columns like mine to 2 pages and I’m having trouble getting the job [...]

Attention woodworkers in and around the Great Falls, Montana, area: Have you noticed a curious lack of vintage handsaws in your flea markets and antique malls? Well there’s a reason that greater [...]

Around the Popular Woodworking Magazine office we used to joke about how red oak (Quercus rubra) wasn’t really a wood. It was more like a weed. It’s stringy, kinda homely, cheap and – most of all [...]