Author name: Enthusiast

If you are like me – compound miter joints always make me a little nervous – your blood pressure rises a little when you have to draw or cut a compound miter joint. So I am always thankful for SketchUp, where I can build a prototype and make angle measurements to assist in setting up my table saw or compound miter saw. Of course, you still need to know what […]

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Congratulations to “church_clown” (a.k.a. Don Fugitt). He’s the winner of a print copy of “Build It with Dad: Woodworking Fun for the Whole Family.” The book features 22 kid-friendly woodworking projects – a great way to teach kids about using tools and instill an early love of woodworking (see the Table of Contents below for a list of projects). It’s available now to order in both paperback and as a PDF […]

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The crates should be rolling in any day now for the April 17-18 Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event at the palatial Popular Woodworking shop and offices. Hours are Friday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Come and try out just about every tool Lie-Nielsen offers, as well as infill planes from Raney Nelson of DAED Toolworks and Juan Hovey of Juan Vergara, Planemaker. Mark Hicks of Plate […]

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Joiner Graham Haydon is doing an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Reddit next Wednesday, at 4 p.m. Eastern time. Graham works in his family’s carpentry and joinery business (founded in 1926), GS Haydon & Son, in North Devon, England, which he joined after leaving school in the late 1990s. The company makes bespoke doors, windows and interiors, among other things, and even when he’s off the clock, Graham is busy […]

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I’m excited to announce the release of a fun new book from A.J. Hamler titled “Build It with Dad: Woodworking Fun for the Whole Family” (available both as a paperback and a PDF download). The book is filled with kid-friendly woodworking projects that will help you teach your kids the fundamentals of tool use, shop safety and foster an early love of woodworking. And I have a copy to give away, free. […]

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Show off your excellent work in 2015 Popular Woodworking Magazine Excellence Awards. Winners in each of five categories, the grand-prize winner, and the Readers’ Choice winner will be published in a feature article in the November 2015 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. The Grand-Prize Winner (as chosen by the editorial staff of Popular Woodworking Magazine) wins US$1,000. Each of the five Editors’ Choice winners and the Readers’ Choice entry with […]

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