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Jessica's Jewelry Box Using timber with respect to the grain pattern is very important, so select a board with an interesting or unusual grain pattern. Once the boards have been selected they [...]

A few years ago I found an old Windsor chair near the dumpster of one of the buildings in Harvard. It was a snowy day and, when I picked up the chair, I saw that it suffered from few problems …

A small plumbing crisis (that’s redundant) brought me to the Depot today. I stopped by the magazine rack to see what was new in FWW magazine. My subscription has lapsed and I’ve been [...]

This morning, I spent a few hours in the shop fitting tenons for a coffee table and gluing up the base. Obviously, I need to make and install a web frame and the drawers (which, if everything is [...]

One of my favorite Popular Woodworking Magazine cover lines – of the ones that actually make the printed issue as opposed to the lines we create, laugh about but then erase – is on our December [...]

Oneida just announced a new stationary dust collector, the V-5000. The New Oneida Air Systems’ V-5000 collector has a 5 hp Baldor motor and a backward inclined fan wheel which provides [...]

AS YOU KNOW YOU CAN BUY USED GOLF BALLS FOR A FEW POUNDS FEW DOLLARS?HERE IN THE UK THEY CAN BE BOUGHT FOR £5 PER 50. AS YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE CROWNS WHICH YOU CAN BUY FOR ABOUT £2.99 [...]

Editor’s Note: This item no longer appears to be available. A 15″ disc sander, like the new 15-205 from General International, is a great addition to any shop if you’ve got room [...]

Installing traditional mortise hinges makes some woodworkers want to turn their electric drill on themselves to just end it all. While practice is the best teacher, there are little tricks that [...]

It’s easy to talk yourself out of doing something that’s out of the ordinary. Woodworkers tend to worry and analyze things so much that they often settle for less, when doing things [...]

Any time you get a torch out in the wood shop eyebrows raise and the fun-o-meter strikes new highs, but safety should be the first thought. With that in mind, here is a quick video on how I age [...]

Drawings of early shops can teach us and mislead us about pre-Industrial woodworking. But I don’t want to get into a debate about how artists interpret or misinterpret a scene. Please. [...]