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In honor of “International Dress Like Norm Day” (the official celebration begins tomorrow), a fair number of us dressed like our favorite television woodworker. Because of the short [...]

  While making the dry assembly, this is the best time to take measurements for the back panels. Then the back panels are cut to their final width and length.     As I did for the [...]

Inspired by Robert W. Lang’s article on making wooden try squares in the Autumn 2009 issue, I decided to make a batch of squares this weekend. Yesterday at lunch I bought some quartersawn [...]

AS YOU KNOW ME BY NOW AND WHAT I CAN DO? SEE MY AMAZING CHRISTMAS CARDS? SOMETHING FROM NOTHING? NO PHOTO YET?  BUT THESE ARE UNIQUE AND THEY ARE HANDMADE. AND MADE FROM OFF CUTS OF TIMBER? [...]

Tips & Techniques for Fantastic Oak Finishes By Dave Munkittrick Like a movie star, oak possesses natural good looks. Unlike a movie star, however, oak is easy to work with—even during [...]

3 Tips to Unlock its Beauty   by Tom Caspar   Boldly displaying spectacular quartersawn figure can turn an ordinary project inotoa blue-ribbon winner. Here are three ways a professional [...]

There’s not much better than to give something with little value only to receive something useful in return. You have to admit that old, worn-out and non-working drills hanging around the [...]

I like it when the name of something is eponymous, it fits. Was there ever a woodworker who was more aptly named than the late “Art Carpenter?” When I was working as a newspaper [...]

THIS WAS MADE FOR LOCAL BREWERY TO ADVERTISE THIS PRODUCT.ALL SOLID LATHE TURNED WOODEN ARROW.NO JOINTS ONE PIECE.??…

Add this to your favorites: George Walker has launched a new blog on furniture design that will supplement his column that will appear in every issue of Popular Woodworking starting with the [...]

HERE I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE A SIMPLE PUZZLE.AND ITS GUARANTEED TO AMAZE AND BAFFLE YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.AND I GUARANTEE THAT THEY WILL NOT PUT THIS DOWN TILL THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IT? YOU [...]

SAME PRINCIPAL BUT FLOATING IN A RING.THE RING IS BEECH,BUT THIS TOOK LONGER TO PER-FECT AS BEING IN A CIRCLE.AS I SAID NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE IF YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO IT? I DREAMED THE [...]