Author name: Enthusiast

The first time someone showed me a photo of an infill handplane, it was bewilderment at first sight. “That’s a handplane?” I asked. All I could see were a bunch of odd lumps of wood and some steel. This was years before both the Internet and modern toolmakers made this form of tool a common sight in workshops again. After years of looking at other people’s infill planes, I became […]

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As editors, we search our two web sites (popularwoodworking.com and shopwoodworking.com) constantly for information for the online extras portion of all  articles and most columns – the information, we hope, is both relevant and interesting. While searching the sites, I often come across books, articles and DVDs that have scads of interesting information, including tips and techniques. Because woodworkers are visual, we’ll provide a few short snippets of some of […]

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I’ve lately seen an uptick in discussions on woodworking forums and social media regarding protecting one’s own designs. And while it’s possible that some laws have changed since 2008 when attorney and woodworker Jon Shackelford wrote the article below, I think his explanation remains a good starting point for those concerned with the topic – whether it’s protecting your own rights or making sure you don’t trample on those of […]

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I got an e-mail the other day letting me know that my new DVD, “Building a Furniture Maker’s Tool Cabinet,” had finally arrived in the shopwoodworking.com warehouse. The e-mail also asked if I’d be willing to write something about the project here on the Editors’ Blog; obviously I said yes. This DVD is the first in a series of compilation videos that contain episodes from my No BS Woodworking show. […]

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I got an e-mail the other day letting me know that my new DVD, “Building a Furniture Maker’s Tool Cabinet,” had finally arrived in the shopwoodworking.com warehouse. The e-mail also asked if I’d be willing to write something about the project here on the Editors’ Blog; obviously I said yes. This DVD is the first in a series of compilation videos that contain episodes from my No BS Woodworking show. […]

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Most of my projects have some form of dovetail joinery. Drawers have half-blind and through-dovetails joints, and drawer dividers generally attach to the case with sliding dovetails. In fact, other than the Southern Gent’s Mirror Stand from the August 2013 issue (#205), I cannot remember the last project to come out of my shop in which no dovetails were in the mix. As a form of protest, I’m tossing aside […]

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