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I helped Megan Fitzpatrick install the crown moulding on the case-on-case bookshelf that’s featured in the December issue of Popular Woodworking. Here’s how I do it: When I have a [...]

In antique period furniture, mahogany is king. Sure there are areas where walnut was a popular choice among wealthy patrons of the day, but for the most part, prior to the Chippendale period work [...]

Late yesterday afternoon a group of guys from Porter-Cable and Delta stopped by the Popular Woodworking shop. After meeting the early arrivals and while standing in the F+W Media lobby waiting [...]

The big buzz in my mailbox this past week has been the “Finishes That Pop” DVD (click here to see more on the DVD and click here if you would like to purchase a copy). Overall, the [...]

In this short video, you'll get a preview of all the information you'll learn in Glen D. Huey's DVD "Finishes that Pop."

Spoken in my best radio voice: “You can win fabulous prizes selected especially for you!” Yeah! I know. Keep the day job. But the words couldn’t be any truer. The Woodworking in [...]

You can tell from the above photo that our Unisaw has gone mobile. The base came in last week and I finally found the time to put the base together. It’s super-easy to assemble. A couple [...]

Last year at a class I taught at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking (MASW), I was amazed at the different mallets class participants brought with them. I couldn’t believe the choices were [...]

It is my opinion that a cut list is one of the most useless additions to woodworking project articles. Yes, these charts, or pages in some cases, do contain beneficial information, but many [...]

“Finishes that Pop,” the Popular Woodworking DVD that walks through the finish process I use on my fine furniture, is shipping and available from  Woodworker’s BookShop (Click [...]

A tip of the Popular Woodworking hat goes to Mike Siemsen and the guys who worked the Woodworking in America: Furniture Construction & Design Conference Olympics.  The crew that manned [...]

My “go-to” stain for furniture finish is not a stain at all. It’s a dye. What’s the difference? A store-bought stain has pigment , and usually a binder to glue that [...]