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Grand Walnut Bookcase Rich Walnut, elegant details and secret storage in a design that’s fast and straight forward to build By Randy Johnson Sometimes a new piece of furniture conjures up [...]

Shaker Stand By Tim Johnson Though it looks modern, the original version of this three-legged stand was built almost two hundred years ago in a Shaker community. Simple, purposeful and elegant, [...]

Stickley Style Chest of Drawers Build a masterpiece with handsome quartersawn oak. By Randy Johnson This striking chest of drawers is closely modeled after one of Gustav Stickley’s most [...]

Café Table Transform rugged Australian jarrah into a graceful outdoor table. By Tom Caspar Picture yourself at a small, round café table with a cup of coffee and a newspaper. The [...]

For me, the highlight of 2010’s Woodworking in America conference was The Feast of André Roubo, a dinner held high above the city of Cincinnati. And I was not alone. One attendee stopped me as I [...]

Hefty Bookends Resaw your own veneer to hide the steel shot inside. Got a small chunk of figured wood that you’d like to show off? Resaw it into thick veneers and make a pair of matching [...]

In this project James wanted to build a stool with slanted legs. Teaching my students how to make a simple dado is something I have done many times before. But, teaching a student to make an [...]

DeWALT 12” Sliding Compound Miter Saw A 12” Sliding Compound Miter Saw, which has been designed to be precise and accurate enough for fine woodworking, yet durable enough for framing [...]

The first time I taught at Roy Underhill’s school in Pittsboro, N.C., Roy made sure that I met Peter Ross, a blacksmith who worked at Colonial Williamsburg for 25 years. We all ate dinner at gas [...]

The updated and revised version of Thomas Moser’s classic “How to Build Shaker Furniture” is now available for pre-order. You may be asking, “What’s updated and [...]

With the Early Bird deadline fast approaching to register for Woodworking in America, here’s a look at just some of what’s new for 2011  – in case you’ve been before, and [...]

The first time I saw Ron Herman sharpen a handsaw, I learned more about sharpening the tool in 20 minutes than I had learned in all the years I’d been a woodworker. I had been sharpening my saws [...]