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Above is the SketchUp model of the William and Mary chest from the April 2014 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine.…

Above is the SketchUp model of the Connecticut Lowboy from the February 2014 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. To download it, please visit our SketchUp warehouse.…

Above is a SketchUp model of the Cabinetmaker’s Tool Chest from the December 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine.…

I like good ideas. I wrote “The Homemade Workshop: Build Your Own Woodworking Machines & Jigs” to show regular woodworkers the potential of a little creative thinking. Whether it [...]

Above is Tommy Mac’s Toolbox from the December 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine.…

Above is the 3D SketchUp Model of the bow-front entry table from the October 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine.…

In the last few years at least three major coatings’ suppliers have introduced deck coatings that have failed often enough so they have generated a number of class-action lawsuits against the [...]

In 1997 my parents built a new house. I was a rambunctious child, and my dad figured out a way to get me out of his hair for a while so he could work. He gave me a long board, …

The furniture record shows us that “perfect dovetails” is a modern mania. As the photos of antiques above prove, even some of the ugliest joints will stay together for a very long [...]

Smart coatings fascinate me. In an earlier post I told you about a paint that uses nanotechnology to cause pee to bounce off walls back onto the shoes of the perp. In another post I told you [...]

Unlike other furniture designers, I have a handicap. When I design something I am burdened by 15 years of designing furniture for a magazine audience. During those years, I sought to simplify [...]

About a year-and-a-half ago, Christopher Schwarz got a bunch of woodworkers together for a sawbench building party at John Hoffman’s house outside Indianapolis. Chris was using us as guinea [...]