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Awaken your inner design sense with just a little practice. By George R. Walker Pages: 20-22 From the February 2010 issue #181 Buy this issue now Talk about design often leads back to the idea of [...]

By Christopher Schwarz Page: 10 From the February 2010 issue #181 Buy this issue now There’s a story – likely apocryphal – that the Gillette Razor Co. cryogenically treats the tooling it uses to [...]

I’m just about to resaw my maple version of Roubo’s Folding Bookstand that’s based on Roy Underhill’s article, and I made a full-size pattern of the elevation of the [...]

Popular Woodworking Magazine’s I Can Do That column is wildly popular. If you’re a beginner, there’s nothing better than discovering what you can do with a bit of knowledge and [...]

This saw is different in almost every way, from its handle to its teeth. By Christopher Schwarz Page: 16 From the April 2010 issue #182 Buy this issue now The new dovetail saw from craftsman Rob [...]

Can Facebook be a design tool?…. well it depends…  Recently I needed to decide on the most interesting board orientation for the table top I was building in Purchase College. I [...]

A must-have device for sharpening saws. By Robert W. Lang Pages: 52-53 From the June 2010 issue #183

I try to be helpful when readers have a question, but there is one question I’m often asked that I usually refuse to answer. The question relates to some project or drawing I’ve [...]

We are currently at work on our June 2011 issue, which we have dubbed “The Bookcase Issue,” and it is the first jab at steering the magazine’s content so that the articles [...]

After making the down-and-dirty folding bookstand in a video last week, I decided to make another pair as a very late Christmas gift. I am not a good friend. These will be maple and sized more [...]

The news of a blog from Colonial Williamsburg’s Hay Cabinetshop has already been received with a smirk about “irony”. I knew it was only a matter of time. When will these sorts [...]

We’ve just sent our latest Popular Woodworking Magazine DVD collection to the replicator. On it, you’ll find 11 years of the magazine, plus a PDF of “Exercises in [...]