Router Jigs for a Craftsman Bookcase
In the current issue of Popular Woodworking magazine (August 2008), Senior Editor Robert W. Lang used two jigs on the bookcase shelves to cut the dados and to create the twin mortises for [...]
Tools for Sale- Thanks be to Dunbar
I’m making a few tools for sale. I just want to say, that I’m thrilled Mike Dunbar is writing for PW. Have you been reading his articles? I think he is my favorite ww author. Dunbar [...]
Video: Buying Lumber, and Lumber Terminology
Robert Lang heads to Frank Miller Lumber in Union City, Indiana, where he explains how to purchase wood for your project. He also visits with FML Outlet Store Manager Josh Brennen who [...]
The Wood Whisperer Premiere Video
We’ve all been waiting for this – it’s the initial Wood Whisperer video! This video is a companion to the newest column in the current issue of Popular Woodworking, which is [...]
Bob’s Bench-A Decent First Week
I’ve started on the bench, spending as much time in the shop as I could spare, and after a week and a day, it looks like I’m making good progress. The shop is messy, but there are now [...]
18th c Painted furniture?
I just got my copy of “Early American Life” magazine in which I was listed in the “Directory of Traditional American Crafts”. I was included in the “Furniture, [...]
Roubo Volumes Now Available in the United States
Most of you know how much I like Andre Roubo’s “L’Art du Menuisier” , probably the best and most complete books on woodworking from the 18th century. Heck, I’ve even [...]
Woodworking in America Update
We’re making final preparations this month to open registration for Woodworking in America: Hand Tools & Techniques Conference 2008, taking place November 14-16 in Berea, Ky. By June [...]
New Toothing Plane; Familiar Maker
Last week I bought a toothing plane from a Midwestern tool collector. I’ve always wanted one of these tools, and this one is particularly nice. Toothing planes are lot like scraping planes: [...]
Social Functionality of 18th c Craft
Sea Captain James MacPherson built Mount Pleasant to ensure his ascention into a social class to which he was not born. The building’s carved interior may be ostentatious to some. [...]
Winner of our Quote of the Year Contest
Todd Austman of Calgary, Alberta, won the miter plane from Philly Planes in our “Quote of the Year” contest for this little jewel: “I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in [...]
Buying Hardwood Lumber – Two Approaches
Among the most often-asked questions we get are about buying lumber for a project. Although it seems to be a very basic question, and knowledgeable folks like us should have a quick answer, it [...]