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Sharp tools are essential to doing good work, but when I was getting into woodworking, I didn’t really know where to start. And I was scared of ruining chisels and planes. But I didn’t use [...]

My girlfriend and I closed on our first house at the beginning of July, so we’ve been busy packing up our worldly possessions, moving and planning. While the house is lovely (built in the [...]

Woodworking, like many trades, requires a firm foundation of knowledge for a person to discover the potential of the craft. In my time at Popular Woodworking, I’ve sincerely enjoyed the [...]

Nancy Hiller’s new book, “English Arts & Crafts Furniture,” is an outstanding piece of research and writing. If you aren’t familiar with the English Arts & Crafts movement (it predated [...]

I recently completed a 6′ long shaker settee that had a lot of spindles. This was my first project that depended on my turning capabilities. In the past, I’ve worked on small turned [...]

Just a heads up, we have a 50% sale going on over at Shop Woodworking on our project downloads to celebrate Independence Day through July 5th! This is a good chance to stock up on new project [...]

This rolling clamp rack holds about 50 clamps, takes up minimal floor space and can be built in an afternoon. When you’ve got so many clamps that it’s a problem getting them to where the work is [...]

  Simple, Sturdy Sawhorse Project By Randy Johnson Here’s one of my favorite sawhorse designs. They provide such stable hard working support that I tend to refer to them as workhorses. [...]

  PARKERSBURG, W. VA. (July 2018) Jody Garrett, Woodcraft President and Chief Executive Officer, has announced the promotion of Jack Bigger to President and Chief Operating Officer, [...]

By Jim Stuard This shop cabinet squeezes 13 cubic feet of tool storage into less than 3 square feet of floor space. If you’re like most woodworkers, your shop is packed to the gills with tools, [...]

Speaking as someone who has read too many woodworking books, there are a few archetypes: the project book (“Birdhouse Bonanza”), the tool book (“Router Rodeo!”) and the black-turtleneck-and-beret [...]

Here’s how I made the pair of urns in last week’s post. Step 1: Choose your material My client wanted to use maple for one of the urns because she’s from Canada. She also liked [...]