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Pattern 1: Work each board in the glue-up separately. Work along the grain in short strokes, back and forth. Editor’s Note: Troy Sexton has prepared an excellent piece on his sanding [...]

And they are off. The guy in green with the two kids were the first through the gate. I was hoping to find out what they waited eight hours for but couldn’t find them during the sale. I [...]

Working for a magazine can cause some confusion about dates. We work a few months ahead of real time. We’re about to send the December issue to the printer, and are working on February. So [...]

The best thing about this weblog (besides attending the endless cocaine parties) is getting to hear the opinions of other woodworkers. After posting photos of the wagon vise I adapted from the [...]

Retrofitting anything to a bench is generally one of those things that looks great on a bar napkin, but when it’s all said and done, you’re ready for a drink. These retrofits rarely [...]

Our shop here at Popular Woodworking is one of the most pleasant shops I’ve ever worked in. There’s an abundance of natural light, it’s well equpped, and it’s [...]

Editor’s note: This May, our company will be publishing a book that’s tentatively titled “Hand Tools for Power Woodworkers,” a 192-page hardback that will combine our best [...]

I get a lot of questions about Arts Crafts style finishes. Gustav Stickley’s original work was made of quartersawn white oak and fumed with ammonia. This was then topcoated with shellac, [...]

Now you can get all seven issues of Popular Woodworking from 2005 on one handy, searchable CD. Plus, we’ve included on the CD one bonus issue we published that year that contains our very [...]

Editor’s note: Contributing Editor Troy Sexton is remarkably good with a sander. What is even more remarkable is how fast he is. Our November issue (at the printer’s now!) features a [...]

If you have ever sharpened a hand tool or tried to teach someone to sharpen a hand tool, there are a lot of mental and physical obstacles to overcome. One of the biggest problems comes when [...]

Just about every day, I’d walk through the Popular Woodworking shop on my way to the copier and glance at Chris’ assortment of handsaws and chisels, beautifully arranged along the [...]