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I’ve long been a fan of cutting tenons on the table saw. I’ve found it can be done quickly, with repeatable accuracy and safely. Recently, I discovered a new saw blade with a thick, [...]

As a woodworker, you've no doubt admired examples of classic furniture. You know, the stuff that makes you go, "Wow! I wish I could build that." Now you can.

MADE FROM SCAFFOLD PLANKS FOR A NURSERY SCHOOL. HAS BE STAINED FOREST GREEN THEN OILED .KIDS AT THIS NURSERY WILL LOVE THIS .WHEN THE TEACHER SITS IN THE CHAIR ,ITS STORY TIME ….. …

OK – maybe I don’t really need a 19th-century British officer (though it would be lovely to have a companion who knew how tea should properly be made). But I  do need something like a [...]

If you were to rank woodworking projects by degree of difficulty, chairs would be at the top of the list. They aren’t like boxes or tables with nice square corners and predictable sizes of [...]

Ever since Roy Underhill wrote about the joys of mutton tallow as a tool lubricant in Popular Woodworking Magazine in the August 2010 issue, readers have been asking where to purchase the stuff. [...]

Kari Hultman (The Village Carpenter) just posted on her blog that the revised and updated edition of “The Tool Chest of Benjamin Seaton” is now available for pre-order from Astragal [...]

Almost every system for sharpening tools works just fine, so the differences between the systems come down to speed, expense, portability and mess. In December, Lee Valley Tools started carrying [...]

It seems that some of the most useful devices are too simple to think of, and this little box is an excellent example of that. I first saw  bench blocks about 20 years ago on a [...]

Torsion Beams Tips and Techniques for Finishing Oak 6 Steps for Tuning Your Bandsaw How to Flatten Wrinkled Veneer Make Spalted Wood Coat Rack Full Size Plan PDF Wooden Burr Puzzles   [...]

It’s funny how my chainsaw skills have gone through the roof since I started to build lots of workbenches in 1999. Today I cut down a buttload of 6 x 6 x 16’ Douglas Fir beams for a [...]

Visit WoodworkingInAmerica.com now to see the line-up of top-notch presenters, class descriptions and exciting extracurricular activities for both 2012 Woodworking in America conferences: October [...]