Author name: Enthusiast

I came to work at Popular Woodworking Magazine in a roundabout way. I spent most of my adult life working with wood professionally, and along the way I read a lot of books and magazines. I was passionate about furniture of the Arts & Crafts period, and wished there was a book of measured drawings … Read more »

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Years ago, I stumbled upon this woodworking jig. Years since, it still ranks high in usage when I’m working on dovetails – and I generally push and make hand-cut dovetails. It’s a simple-to-build jig – as are most of the jigs we use here at the magazine and those published in “55 Best Shop-Made Jigs.” … Read more »

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Now that the June 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine is off the newsstand, I’m free to share one of my favorite articles from it (for the no doubt very few of you who read this blog but don’t read the magazine). It’s Chuck Bender’s piece on Wharton Esherick. Not only does Chuck do a … Read more »

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Mario Rodriguez of the Philadelphia Furniture Workshop has an article in our August 2013 issue (which mails to print and digital subscribers later this week, and is on newsstands June 25) that shows you how to build a clever table saw jig he uses to carve chair seats for his contemporary chairs (it’s a jig … Read more »

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Mario Rodriguez of the Philadelphia Furniture Workshop has an article in our August 2013 issue (which mails to print and digital subscribers later this week, and is on newsstands June 25) that shows you how to build a clever table saw jig he uses to carve chair seats for his contemporary chairs (it’s a jig … Read more »

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Now that I’m officially onboard I figure I’ll get the obligatory plane post out of the way early. Sure, I did my touchy-feely First Day post last week. And while I was in the PopWood offices (I’m back home in PA now until we make the final move) I got a chance to play around … Read more »

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