Message Center I Can Do That SketchUp Model from February 2012
This is a model of a message center featured as the “I Can Do That Project” in the February 2012 Issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Project design and construction by senior [...]
Modern Wave-form Mouldings
A new method for making an old moulding, and techniques for making multiples quickly. by Robert W. Lang Pages 18-20 From the Summer 2009 issue of Woodworking Magazine, issue 14 Buy this issue now [...]
Circle Sanding Jig
In the February 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, I use a simple jig to quickly and accurately make perfect circles. There are a couple of steps before using the jig. The circles are [...]
Pedal-powered Woodworking Machines
As we wait for final electrical approval for our new shop, we can’t help but consider alternatives to 220 volts. In the late 1800s and early 1900s there were many non-electric choices, [...]
Chicken Foot from Southern Furniture
Over on the Chris Schwarz blog, some of the people commenting on his review of Furniture in the Southern Style mentioned one of the photos in the introduction, and the reference to it being a [...]
Classes With Bob Lang in 2012
Next year I’ll be teaching two classes on using Google SketchUp for designing woodworking projects, and a new class about making authentic Arts & Crafts period details. In April, [...]
Table Saw Rule Comment Period Extended
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has extended the comment period for the proposed new rule on table saw safety until February 10, 2012. This action is in response to a request from the [...]
Submit Your Comment on Proposed Table Saw Rule
The US Consumer Products Safety Commission is considering new safety regulations for table saws, based on a petition asking for a requirement that table saws should be equipped with a device to [...]
New (to the USA) Source for Hand-cut Rasps
In a recent post, I talked about using rasps and in a response to one of the comments, I mentioned that I was watching my mailbox for the arrival of a package from France. Yesterday the box [...]
Too Much Lumber is Never a Bad Thing
Whenever we convene a meeting of the “Should We or Should We Not Print Cutlists Debating Society”, we get tons of responses. In the latest instance an overwhelming number of poll [...]
Speed Tenons – Safely
Table Saw Blades & The Laws of Physics If you wanted to make a device to throw pieces of wood at a high rate of speed, how would you design it? You could look at the machines used in sports [...]
Tag Team Secret for Graceful Curves
Even though I build a lot of straight line Arts & Crafts style furniture, one of my favorite tasks in woodworking is shaping an irregularly curved surface. It adds life and interest and I [...]