Author name: Enthusiast

Buying vintage tools through the mail can be frustrating – and expensive if the seller does not allow you to return the item. My favorite way to buy old tools is – hands down – in person and at a meeting of the Mid-West Tool Collectors Association. If you need tools and cannot buy new ones, join this fantastic organization and attend a regional meeting. Problem solved. This point was […]

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I announced the winners during the keynote session at Woodworking in America last Saturday, and the digital version of the November 2015 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine e-mailed late yesterday (check your in-box if you’re a susbcriber). So forthwith I give you the winners of the 2015 PWM Excellence Awards. Please join me in congratulating: Grand Prize: Sharon Mehrman, of Florence, Mass. Her maple burl Art-Nouveau-inspired Thread Chest is pictured […]

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As I get more experienced with Woodworking, I have found finishing to be one of the most intimidating topics. How am I, or anyone for that matter, supposed to be comfortable with finishing when there are so many choices? Having the knowledge and skills to know the proper ways to finish a project, which type of finish works best for wood types, and how a piece will look with a […]

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You’ve been there before – a gap in a mitered frame, an expensive board cut a fraction too short, maybe even chopped a mortise on the wrong side. You might have even measured twice…but good intentions aren’t going to save that piece of expensive lumber. In “Marking & Measuring: 11 Articles to Help You Zero In on Perfect Work,” our newest digital magazine, we’ve collected 11 articles from the Popular Woodworking Magazine and Woodworking Magazine archives that will help you avoid […]

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