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Every week I get asked where to begin when trying to become a hand-tool woodworker. The snarky answer is, “I have no idea because I did it the wrong way.” There are as many different paths to [...]

A great router table for little cost and just a few hours to build. By Robert W. Lang Pages: 74-75 From the June 2009 issue #176 Buy this issue now The original version of this router table was [...]

How do new imported smoothing planes compare to a Lie-Nielsen or Clifton? By Christopher Schwarz Pages: 56-58 From the June 2009 issue #176 Buy this issue now Thanks to the success of Lie-Nielsen [...]

By Christopher Schwarz Page: 29 From the June 2009 issue #176 Buy this issue now My first great set of chisels was made by Ashley Iles, a small manufacturer with deep roots in the toolmaking [...]

By Glen D. Huey Page: 29 From the June 2009 issue #176 Buy this issue now Routers perform a lot of work in the shop, but handheld routers are only part of the story. You can perform even more [...]

This do-it-all band saw has all the power and finesse you’ll need. By Glen D. Huey Page: 28 From the June 2009 issue #176 Buy this issue now Grizzly calls its model G0636X the 17″ Ultimate [...]

By Glen D. Huey Page: 31 From the April 2009 issue #175 Buy this issue now Ridgid now has its version of a granite-top table saw on the market. With the motor mounted inside the cabinet and the [...]

By Glen D. Huey Page: 31 From the April 2009 issue #175 Buy this issue now Many woodworkers rely on random-orbit sanders as their primary method to level an out-of-whack glue-up or for smoothing [...]

New saw design opens the door to hand sawing. By Robert W. Lang Page: 30 From the April 2009 issue #175 Buy this issue now One of the thrills of woodworking is learning a new technique and adding [...]

… pitiable, wanting, shoddy and shabby. Well I guess she got the job. — Christopher Schwarz P.S. Paybacks stink. And thanks to Kari Hultman for the excellent pixel massage.…

This week Megan Fitzpatrick, our managing editor, is in Washington, D.C., to allegedly visit her mother and fix stuff around her mom’s house. But this morning my boss, Steve Shanesy, may have [...]

When I first started working here at the magazine we actually had time to go out for lunch each week (we now eat at our desks), and one day after eating at a Thai restaurant we wandered into a [...]