Wooden Tail Vise
Upgrade your bench and your woodworking by adding a classic vise. You can do without a tail vise. But you can do much more with one. That’s why woodworkers have depended on tail vises for over 400 years. A …
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Making a Cute (Spooky) Ghost [Video]
Pop Wood is getting into the halloween spirit, and what better way to do that than making a halloween decoration? I decided to recreate a wooden ghost my grandpa made more than two decades ago. Follow along in the video …
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Sticky Finish Mystery
A newly-installed oak floor with oil-based polyurethane wouldn’t dry after five days. What was the problem? Bob Flexner explains.
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Pattern-Cut Finials
The traditional way to make a square finial on a bandsaw is to mark and cut the pattern on one side of the blank, then tape the offcut back on in order to guide the cuts on the adjacent side. …
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Online Extras December 2025 #286
Here are the online extras for the December 2025 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Interested in having the magazine delivered directly to your mailbox (physical or email) six times a year? Subscribe here. Want to get access to the entire …
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Woodpeckers Folding Saddle Square Review
Tool: Folding Saddle Square Shop Now Manufacturer: Woodpeckers MSRP: $59.99+ Making accurate marks is one of the most fundamental tasks in a wood shop, yet it can be quite challenging to master. For instance, when laying out a layout …
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