Archives

After nearly 17 years with Popular Woodworking Magazine, I’m stepping down as publisher and business leader of all things woodworking at our parent company, F+W Media – that is, Popular [...]

You should never expect a table saw rebuild to go without a hitch. In this episode of the restoration, the behemoth motor decides to give out. Looks as though the motor needs a rebuild as well as [...]

In this installment, Publisher Steve Shanesy reassembles the restored Unisaw and sets it up for its second lifetime of use. See them all: Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 • Part 6…

In the segment Popular Woodworking Publisher, Steve Shanesy gives the saw a good cleaning. The cabinet, table top and fence rails are covered. And the base of the saw is restored a bit [...]

As a veteran furniture maker, Steve Shanesy took up turning to expand the repertoire of his woodworking skills. After several years, and hundreds of projects later, Steve decided to create a DVD [...]

For woodworkers today, using traditional joinery is an expression of skill and nostalgia, a demonstration of the mastery of techniques practiced every day two centuries earlier.