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Over the past few weeks, the debate over proposed Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations for table saw safety has been in the news. Curiously, the reason for it being in the news [...]

I’ve been using rabbet planes for years and I have made my peace with them. However, there are thousands of woodworkers out there who are driven to distraction by these simple and essential [...]

One of the summer school's traditions among the staff is that each day a  teacher contributes food and soft drinks to the teachers' lounge. If you ask me who are the best I will say, [...]

WHAT CAN YOU THINK OFF!! TO DO WITH YOUR OLD RECORDS AND A HOT AIR GUN   SIMPLE IDEAS ARE THE BEST..…

WITH OFF CUTS OF PLY FROM A SKIP AND A FEW STEEL RODS.THESE WERE LEFT OVER FROM STEEL WORKERS ON A SITE IN A SKIP…MADE A MOULD/SHUTTERING  FROM PLY THEN PAINTED ON MOULD RELEASE.. [...]

If you’re looking for a tool manufacturer, chances are they are in Las Vegas this week for the bi-annual woodworking show known as AWFS. We have Publisher/Editor Steve Shanesy reporting from the [...]

I’ve been working, albeit slowly, on a small desk from the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) – I wrote about full-blind dovetails found on the desk in an early post (read it [...]

I’ve had a number of questions come in regarding a post I had a couple of weeks ago. I had mentioned that gluing together rigid pink insulation was an inexpensive way of making many [...]

Yesterday, Linda Watts (our designer extraordinaire) and I approved the printer’s proofs for the October 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. That means, because of the wacky way [...]

JUST FOR FUN. 2X2 OFF CUT OF PINE..AN HOUR OF FUN MAKING IT. HUNDREDS OF HOURS SOLVING IT.!!!!!!!!!! A POCKET PUZZLE.…

The 2011 AWFS Fair is underway in Las Vegas (the big show ends Saturday, July 23) and I’ve picked through the aisles looking for innovative new products. I’ve found several, so [...]

When I teach a class on sawing and making a sawbench, it is usually a one- or two-day event. One of the nice things about teaching at The Woodwright’s School in Pittsboro, N.C., is that it’s a [...]