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By Christopher Schwarz Page: 24 From the August 2004 issue #142 Buy this issue now Woodworkers are of two minds when it comes to buying chisels – some would consider $250 for a set of five to be [...]

The afternoon is quickly fading to evening in Roy Underhill’s shop in Pittsboro, N.C. And as the shadows across the workbenches grow longer from the windows facing Hillsoboro Street, [...]

I'm a P.K.  A preacher's kid, that is.  My father, who passed away a year ago, was a Lutheran pastor. Ted didn't know a lick about woodworking, but he was a great admirer of [...]

Back a few weeks, Wood Talk Online (WTO) , hosted by Marc Spagnoulo and Matt Vanderlist (and sponsored by Popular Woodworking) , ran an interview with Chuck Bender, the chief cook and bottle [...]

Turning Plates Got an offcut from a beautifully figured board? Turn it into a plate! Standard 3⁄4-in. wood and a shop-made chuck are all you need. By Steve Blenk The trick is to figure out [...]

American folk art meets the world’s most collectible hand saw. By Ralph Brendler Page: 96 From the June 2004 issue #141 Buy this issue now It’s easy to understand why folk artists love to paint [...]

Reader David Raeside writes: As always, I have found the Winter 2008 issue of Woodworking Magazine to be a fine piece of work. One of the features of the magazine that I particularly enjoy is the [...]

Kari Hultman (a.k.a. The Village Carpenter) has been passionate about woodworking as a hobby since 1992 and, although she has a blended shop, prefers to work with handtools.  Making [...]

Buying glue by the gallon costs less, but  it may not be a good investment if you use glue infrequently. After a while, leftover glue can develop a bad smell. According to the folks at Franklin [...]

      Even though most cordless drills are designed to stand on their own, they still fall over easily. Mine took one too many dives off the workbench. This drove me to build this [...]

Drill Press Cabinet Turn wasted space into storage space. By Jean Bartholome In my cramped little shop, every square foot counts. With that in mind I designed this cabinet to fit in the wasted [...]

   Tired of working on a sheet of plywood thrown over a pair of sawhorses? Had it with rolling benches that wiggle and wobble? Hate running around your shop whenever you need a tool? [...]