Shaker Projects & Shop Projects (& I Miss Hot Wax)
If you’ve been reading Popular Woodworking Magazine for more than a decade, two “new” products won’t be new to you: “Workbenches & Toolboxes” and [...]
Cut Accurate and Clean Rabbets
By Christopher Schwarz From the Spring 2004 issue of Woodworking Magazine, pages 8-11 When I was taught to cut rabbets in my first woodworking class, we made them with two cuts on the table saw. [...]
Mortising by Machine
Q & A: Mortising By Machine Q: I’m having trouble with my mortising machine. I cut mortises by slightly overlapping each hole, but I’ve broken a few bits and my chisels have [...]
SAVE BIG at the Fall Sales Event
This fall we're marking down items across the store – select books, DVDs and magazines are 50% off, and select project downloads are 30% off. With the Holiday Season just around the corner, now [...]
John Sindelar’s Tool Museum Returns for WIA 2012 Midwest
Early this summer, Christopher Schwarz reported on the sad news that John Sindelar was moving his woodworking business and, as a result, packing his unparalleled tool collection into storage [...]
California Table Saw Law Doesn’t Make the Cut
Back in May 2012, it appeared that the state of California was prepared to adopt legislation requiring “flesh detection technology” on all new table saws sold in that state after [...]
Brian Boggs on Furniture Design
In the November 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, a special 200th anniversary issue celebrating some of the best makers working today, I wrote a piece on chairmaker Brian Boggs. In [...]
Special Issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine for November 2012
Our publishing schedule is pretty straightforward, except for the confusing parts. We put out an issue every other month, starting in February. But the February issue is really January/February [...]
Cabinet Layout Method Reduces Errors
When working on cabinet or furniture project, most woodworkers, me included, rely on shop drawing and cutting list to guide our work. These are helpful tools but have their limitations. Drawings [...]
A Rare Rant About Threadboxes
If I wrote about all the woodworking tools out there that stink, I wouldn’t have much time to build anything. Most of the junk out there can be avoided. You can buy better drill bits, [...]
Octagons Made Easy
When I moved from the Deep South to the Midwest, it took me awhile to realize that the word “interesting” is not always a good thing. For example, Sno-Balls have an interesting aftertaste. [...]