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Glass for Woodworking By Brad Holden Once you delve into the world of glass, you may find there’s no turning back. Glass is a versatile material. When you want to display a cabinet’s [...]

As told by Dave Jeske, owner of Blue Spruce Toolworks. I have a Blum Bench Horse that I was planning to bring to the show so people could actually try out my tools rather than just look at them. [...]

by John Vasi         Sometimes I prefer to sand by hand using a rubber block. This method gives me a better feel for the work than using a random-orbit sander does. Blocks [...]

by Chip Harding       Sanding between coats of polyurethane is tough on sandpaper. And I make it tougher, because I never wait the recommended 72 hours before recoating. But if the [...]

by Tim Johnson         Waterstones have always been my preferred method to produce a razor-sharp edge. I store them in a plastic tub filled with water, so they’re always [...]

by Lou Bush         I’ve had my canister-filter dust-collection system for about two years.  It works great, but I figured out a new way to get it super clean.Some [...]

by Frank Muhvich Storage space is limited in my shop, so my pipe clamps hang from the ceiling. I made this rack from 3/4-in. plywood and attached it to the ceiling joists with 3-in. decking [...]

Breadboard ends are a traditional method of keeping large panels (such as tabletops and chest lids) flat. But, you don't need to use traditional methods to make them. Senior Editor Glen D. Huey [...]

A couple weeks ago, I bought a skirt and some, er, ladies undergarments. But they’ve been sitting in their bags, tags attached, since I brought them home. I guess I’ve just been too [...]

Veritas is set to release two new backsaws in the next couple weeks that are based on the same architecture as the Canadian company’s very successful dovetail saw. The saws were available [...]

I could barely get out of bed this morning. It wasn’t because of a hard night of slamming Maudite. Or because I had worked every waking hour for the last seven days. It was because of my [...]

Last week Megan Fitzpatrick and I put the finishing touches on her new workbench, which was built using an ancient French design, 19th-century fasteners and modern materials (laminated veneer [...]