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I love to use card scrapers for removing chatter marks, tear-out and any other smoothing that requires a delicate touch. Trouble is, they get dinged up in my toolbox. When my wife bought herself [...]

There are a couple different configurations of period joined stools and formes. The forme I made recently features a lower stretcher that connects the legs. This is a standard English style. [...]

          I got tired of clamping a block to my miter saw fence every time I wanted to make a stop cut, so I made this adjustable quick-action stop. Unlike a spring [...]

Desktop Clock ???It tells the time, but keeps a secret. By Jock and Susan Holmen This clock holds a secret—a compartment for candy—and its construction involves a few secrets as well.Such as [...]

I’m passionate about cooking, but I don’t get excited about cooking equipment. I’ve got decent cookware, questionable Far East knives bought from an infomercial and (somehow) [...]

The editors don’t all agree on much here at Popular Woodworking, so when we do, we think it’s worth noting. When it comes to 23-gauge pin nailers, we always reach for the unmistakable [...]

Greene and Greene-Style Hall Table Exquisite detailing turns ordinary into extraordinary. By Bruce Kieffer People just love this wonderful little table with its soft-colored mahogany, ebony [...]

10 Tips for Perfect Miter Joints Make Micro Adjustments with a Disc Sander No tool can tweak a miter’s fit as easily as a disc sander can. You can shorten the workpiece a hair with a quick [...]

After shutting its doors in late 2007 because of a labor dispute, Auriou Toolworks is set to re-open its doors this month and start shipping a small range of rasps directly to consumers, [...]

Acombination belt-disc sander is similar to a mid-round draft choice on an athletic team. It’s not a priority purchase, like a tablesaw or planer, but it’s valuable in a woodworking [...]

I like to keep my fix-based routers handy and ready to go with my favorite bits. Of course the bits prevent me from storing the routers standing up. That's why I built this rack with cutouts [...]

My favorite woodworking projects are clocks—big ones or little ones. If it ticks, I’ll make it. My latest venture provided me with the challenge of flattening the face of some log sections [...]