Off to Kansas City in March
The Kansas City Woodworkers’ Guild has invited me to speak to woodworkers in their area on March 19-20 on four different topics that are near and dear to my heart – including the tool chest [...]
Questions (and Answers) About the Shaker Cupboard
Several readers have asked some questions about the Shaker Wall Cupboard I built for the February 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine (mailing now to subscribers). Here are the answers. [...]
Changes in Online Woodworking Communities
Woodworking can be a solitary and isolating pursuit, and one of the big changes the Internet has brought us is the ability to form connections with other woodworkers from across the country and [...]
‘Easy Wood Tools’ Do Make Turning Easier
It is a darn good thing that Craig Jackson didn’t need any footwear during one fateful shopping trip in 2001. Jackson and his wife, Donna, had driven to Evansville, Ind., from their home in [...]
Woodworking Books On the Horizon
With 2011 already 10 days old, I’m happily anticipating some noteworthy Popular Woodworking Books that will be going on sale this year. I thought I’d take a minute and share some of [...]
‘Line & Berry String Inlay by Router’
Our newest DVD, “Line & Berry String Inlay by Router,” is available and on the shelf at shopwoodworking.com. Don’t think of it as simply “step-by-step” instruction for just line & berry [...]
Delta CEO: Unisaw Production to Remain in U.S.
Delta Power Equipment Corp.’s incoming president and chief executive officer said Delta will continue to make the Unisaw in the United States at the company’s new facility in [...]
THE KITY 5 MACHINE CENTRE
THE KITY 5 MACHINE CENTRE HAS RISE AND FALL SAW WITH 45 DEGREE TILT.OVERHEAD SPINDLE MOULDER-PLANER THICKNESSER-SURFACE PLANER-MORTICE AND TENNON ATTACHMENT-GRINDER ATTACHMENT.ALL IN A [...]
Stanley Sells Delta; Will Move to S.C.
Stanley Black & Decker is selling the Delta brand, which will then move its operations to Anderson, S.C. The purchaser is TOTY, according to Popular Woodworking Magazine sources. TOTY is a [...]
Stanley Sells Off Delta; Will Move to S.C.
Stanley Black & Decker is selling the Delta brand, which will then move its operations to Anderson, S.C. The purchaser is TOTY, according to Popular Woodworking Magazine sources. TOTY is a [...]
An Old Patternmaker's Vice
I notice that in The Patternmaker you have been publishing some notices in regards to a new vise for use in the pattern shop, and I send you a sketch showing a vise which used to be quite common [...]
FLOATING MARKER PEN
AS PROMISED NEW PUZZLES ILLUSIONS TO BAFFLE AND AMAZE YOU. LAST TIME IT WAS A BEECH RING? THIS TIME A COPPER TUBE RING WITH A MARKER PEN.THIS WAS JUST A TRIAL RUN TO SEE IF I COULD DO IT OUT …