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The invention of the table is a great idea. The first person to realize that stuff could be put at their fingertips, rather than having to bend over to retrieve it, probably had a sore back and [...]

This PDF shows you how to create a pickled finish on oak or pine.

This PDF teaches you how to create a Stickley finish.

Long-time subscribers are familiar with Steve Shanesy’s work. While he was editor of Popular Woodworking, Steve built everything from a George Nakashima-inspired table to a steel-stringed [...]

This isn’t the simplest project you’ll ever make ,but it may be one of the most useful. It involves making mortise-and-tenon joinery and raised panels, fitting a drawer to its [...]

It’s been interesting to make a drawer from MDF, plywood and pine. I am constantly amazed at the amout of scrap wood I have lying about my shop, garage and shed. I recently moved to a [...]

Sometimes you just have to do it. For the past few months, whenever I walk into the woodworking shop in my basement and see the router table I built for my book Cutting-Edge Router Tips & [...]

Take a visual tour of the Nancy and Ed Rosenthal collection of fine Ming Dynasty Furniture. You'll get a basic knowledge of the style, materials and joinery used.

Woodworkers can spend a lot of time perfecting a finish for their projects, when often a simple finish will serve just as well.  Shellac with a  wax topcoat is one such finish.

Pickling oak or pine is easy using some white paint and solvent.

Interested in a woodworking challenge? Think that participating or just watching the event from your shop would be a hoot? LumberJocks, a group of 500+ woodworkers from around the world, [...]

Make your own router table for less than $50 by using these woodworking drawings and techniques. This one is easy to make and store.