Techniques

The Dremel 3D45 is a particularly easy-to-use 3D printer. Read Tim Celeski's review of the Dremel printer and it's applications for woodworkers.

One of my current jobs involves matching the finish of my clients' original early-20th-century trim. Here's how I came up with a recipe.

This jewelry box is the perfect project to showcase that small piece of wood you’ve been saving to be the centerpiece of something special.

Digital woodworkers who use CNCs may not be aware that there are other digital tools they can use. Maybe even some you haven’t considered before. This is because digital tools all need CAD [...]

One of my favorite places is a neighborhood Italian market called DeVitis. Every time I step through the door, I stop and let the smells of a great kitchen waft over me. Italian sausages and [...]

Three years ago while teaching a woodworking class at Peters Valley I met Blacksmith Eric Dennis, who was at the time the studio assistant in the iron shop. When I entered the noisy, coal-smoky, [...]

https://youtu.be/evkW6Hqei-0 Video: How I use a grid system to make digital woodworking easier CNCs are wonderful machines. For woodworkers who want to combine traditional woodworking with [...]

In this video, I take Popular Woodworking readers on a tour of my custom 38″ x 72″ x 10″, twin-spindle CNC. Over the last few years, I’ve written several articles and dozens of [...]

Commercial bought lumber, such as the one found in lumber yards and in the big-box stores is almost always guaranteed to be kiln dried. This means that the lumber was heated in a kiln in order to [...]

Teaching is a two-way street. It’s not just for students. As an instructor, you get to peek into the many different ways students use their tools. Since one of the things I teach is digital [...]

There’s a funny thing about digital tools that use Cartesian coordinate and movement systems — these are tools that operate in three-dimensional space. Though digital tools may look different, [...]

12 Tips for Better Biscuit Joining Improve performance and expand function. By Richard Tendick 1. Make Corner Splines Decorative corner splines sure make an ordinary box look great. But they can [...]