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By Robert W. Lang Page: 30 From the November 2004 issue #144 Buy this issue now The Kreg miter gauge system is well designed and nicely made, but a few elements in its construction keep me from [...]

By Christopher Schwarz Page: 30 From the November 2004 issue #144 Buy this issue now Though Lee Valley Tools describes this tool as a “plane” in its catalog, it actually has a lot more in common [...]

CURIO CABINETArt SudakPoplar, curly maple, 5/4 purple heart, 1/4" maple plywood, wipe on oil & urethane mix. “My curio cabinet was one of my first attempts at custom furniture. I [...]

Sometimes you just have to do it. For the past few months, whenever I walk into the woodworking shop in my basement and see the router table I built for my book Cutting-Edge Router Tips & [...]

Rob Millard makes his living building reproduction furniture for clientele around the country. He has written a number of articles on furniture design, techniques and construction, most recently [...]

Working with Melamine It’s dirt cheap, it’s practical, and best of all, there’s no sanding and finishing! by Dave Munkittrick Melamine is the professional cabinetmaker’s [...]

Model 22124, $950 • 1-3/4-hp 120/240-volt motor. 30-in. rip capacity to the right of the blade. • Cast-iron side tables and folding outfeed table. • 4-in. miter gauge fence [...]

    Have you ever slid a piece of 1/4-in. plywood into a 1/4-in. groove? It ain't pretty. It's a fact of life that plywood is undersized in thickness and this results in ugly [...]

BLANKET CHESTFabian LittleWalnut and oak (cut by a local sawyer), orange shellac, poly urethane and paste wax.“I built the blanket chest for my wife. I used frame and panel construction. I [...]

This newly redesigned router table is packing tons more storage space and sporting a totally overhauled chasis while retaining its cool running router carriage and dust collection system.

In the comments for “One Schwarzpower. Fail.” Chris C. mentioned Roy Underhill’s “Lathe from a Loft” article, which we ran in the October 2000 issue of Popular [...]

The shop here at Popular Woodworking is an interesting place and when people drop in to visit for the first time, they are anxious to see it. Typically, first-time visitors say the same things. [...]