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Visit the garage woodshop of Popular Woodworking Books Executive Editor David Thiel

A contemporary round taboret with an arts & crafts inspired design.

Read this excerpt from The Perect Edge discussing two common sharpening abrasives.

In this PDF excerpt from "The Complete Woodshop Guide," Danny Proulx walks you through the [...]

If you've got a favorite lamp that stops working (even though not all might agree on it's aesthetic value) fix it, don’t throw it away. Authors Jodi Marks and Steve Schultz show you the [...]

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Book & DVD, "Fix It In A Flash", with Jodi Marks and Steve Schultz. Home repair doesn't have to be boring!

A drawer alone — just an open box — is an oddity. For it to work as intended, it has to be installed in a case in a way that allows it to be opened and closed. In this excerpt from [...]

Let's face it – it's tough enough to be a good woodworker, let alone be able to write about it. But when it comes to taking photos of your work to share with friends (or magazine editors) [...]

When asked to add a video component to The Drawer Book (available in July from Popular Woodworking Books), our intrepid editors were happy to oblige. We did manage to produce 30 minutes of useful [...]

I remember the first time I saw a picture of the clock at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C. It was a reproduction in the Stickley catalog. I looked at the picture of the clock in the catalog [...]

This small table by Gustav Stickley is part of the Arts & Crafts furniture collection at the Grove Park Inn. The article includes a measured drawing of the piece and its history.

Jim Tolpin's Guide to Becoming a Professional Cabinetmaker will teach you all you need to know about starting your own professional woodworking shop. If you are already a professional [...]