From the Editor: Arts & Mysteries is one of our most-read columns in Popular Woodworking magazine. Whether you sympathize with Adam Cherubini’s approach to working wood entirely with [...]
You can now order the complete set of Woodworking Magazines , all five issues , on one CD. No more do you have to troll eBay for issues one, two and three (which are now sold out), or call our …
I recently bought your “Coarse, Medium, and Fine” DVD, from Lie-Nielsen. I wanted to thank you for it, I found it very informative and useful. I have two questions: 1. Would a [...]
Below you will find a SolidWorks “live model” for the Shaker Side Table from the sold-out Autumn 2004 issue. This table is probably the second-most popular project we’ve built [...]
What kind of sprayer do you recommend for applying a lacquer finish: gravity or siphon feed? Could you use the same sprayer for applying a stain? Thanks for your time and keep up the outstanding [...]
It’s curious that many of the people I know who are professional finishers and refinishers are also connoisseurs of drink. Whenever I spray finish , particularly lacquer , I always get an [...]
Below you will find a SolidWorks “live model” for the Roubo-style Workbench I built for the Autumn 2005 issue. This nifty drawing was prepared by Louis Bois , a reader, mechanical [...]
For a nearly vanished religious sect that peaked in the 19th century, the Shakers have an astonishing grip on the modern imagination. In the woodworking world, Shaker furniture always ranks in [...]
Whenever I build a project for the first time, I always build it first in my head and then on the computer so I can figure out the best way for all the pieces to come together and to� [...]
We’re wrapping up the Autumn 2006 issue of Woodworking Magazine this week , all the building, testing and writing of the last five months will end on Friday. Once it leaves the [...]
One of the best things about going to an exhibit of new or antique furniture is getting to examine the joinery , closely and from the inside of the piece. I will pull every drawer out (if [...]