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I’ve taught eight woodworking classes this year, and I can tell you that every class has a Wednesday. This is the day when you work your hinder off (my hinder is long gone; ask my wife) and [...]

Have you ever been part of a lynch mob? Me neither. But I got a little taste of that today as we finished gluing up our workbench tops for the class I’m teaching at Kelly Mehler’s [...]

4-Way File Cabinet Arrange your files any way you want! By Andy Rae Imagine the ultimate home office: an executive desk, a comfy swivel chair, your computer and phone within easy reach, pens and [...]

Woodworking is a solitary pursuit. Even at our shop at the magazine, it’s unusual for a couple of us to get together to work on something in the shop. Usually, desperation has to be heavy [...]

Summer may be nearing a close, but that doesn’t mean you need to pass up on a chance to read your favorite newsstand-only issues of Popular Woodworking. We’ve recently added several [...]

When cutting your tenons for mortise-and-tenon joints, invariably you will sometimes cut your tenons too thin. This week we got our hands on the new line of Titebond Instant Bond glues, and [...]

Pipe Clamp Pad-Stands They don't come any simpler than this! Take squares of plywood, 6" on a side, and drill holes in them to make great clamp pads.They raise the clamps up off the [...]

Kelly Mehler and I both live in Kentucky, but his Kentucky is far different than mine. Tonight I packed up my truck in Ft. Mitchell , a suburb of Cincinnati , and made the 100-mile trek from the [...]

You're about to be marooned on a desert island. You're allowed one power tool to take with you. Which would it be? My choice would be a bandsaw. After the router, a bandsaw is the most [...]

Isaac Fischer, Jr., of Springfield, Vt., patented sandpaper on June 14, 1834. Shortly after that, presumably, sanding blocks were invented. Sanding blocks apply even pressure over the entire [...]

They're really easy to install. You simply drill holes and pop the hinges and mounting plates into place. Cabinet shops use sophisticated boring machines for production work, but all you [...]

Finishing sanders remain a useful tool, especially for sanding into corners and on delicate pieces. Sanders of yesteryear vibrated enough to make your hand tingle for a week, and arm wrestling [...]