Hollow and Round Woodworking Planes: Where Do I Start?
Perhaps, like me, you enjoy owning tools that are versatile. I have two hefty, industrial-grade electric routers and a good selection of carbide-tipped cutters, which cover a lot of [...]
2014 Popular Woodworking Compilation CD
Just in time for a holiday gift (possibly for yourself), we have available all seven issues of Popular Woodworking Magazine from 2014 on one CD. (I’m told a download version of the whole [...]
The 2014 Anarchist’s Gift Guide: Day 3
If you read this blog regularly, you should be sick of this suggestion: Buy Pégas coping saw blades. Hoard them. I do – and I’m not generally a hoarder. I have about 150 stashed away in case [...]
The 2014 Anarchist’s Gift Guide: Day 2
It’s easy to be skeptical about the polissoir. Could a bundle of broom corn radically change the way you finish some pieces of work? All of us who worked on the translation of A.-J. Roubo’s [...]
Wood, Writing & Winning
I’ll cut right to the chase: I’m giving away a free copy of the four-volume set of “The Practical Woodworker” (a must-have foundation set of books for the woodworker [...]
The 2014 Anarchist’s Gift Guide: Day 1
Full disclosure: The following gift ideas are 100-percent unsponsored. I bought all these tools myself and would buy them all again – that’s why they are on this list. First on my list for 2014 [...]
The “Explody” Stage of Shop Organization
When you decide to clean out a workshop cabinet, clear the underside of your workbench, or rearrange a tool cabinet, things can get quite a bit messier before they get better. It can be [...]
Shop Organization Tip: Don’t Walk Away Without Noting Where You Left Off
At the end of the workday, what you do with your partially-assembled projects, parts and pieces will determine how quickly and accurately you can get started the next time you get back to the [...]
Teak Oil: The Oil That Doesn’t Exist
‘Teak oil’ is whatever a manufacturer chooses to put in the container. by Bob Flexner page 38 No wood finish illustrates better than “teak oil” why finishing is so confusing. Brands vary from [...]