Woodworking Posts

The newest book from Popular Woodworking Books, “Handsaw Essentials” has my name on the cover. But that’s really a marketing move that you should ignore. The book is a quite good compilation of all the saw stuff that has appeared in Popular Woodworking and Woodworking Magazine during the last decade . There’s great articles from … Read more »

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Woodworking in America 2013 (WIA) has come and gone, but we have so many fond memories. For me some of the best memories each year come from the Hand Tool Olympics. If you have not been to WIA in the past and have no idea what the Hand Tool Olympics are, you are really missing … Read more »

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Significant changes in furniture came about as we moved from William & Mary (W&M) designs to those of the Queen Anne period. Generally we talk about cabriole legs and dovetail joinery being the big changes. Dovetails moved from clunky, chunky and evenly sized tails and pins to a more refined design as we clawed our … Read more »

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The only thing I dislike about teaching at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking is that I’d rather be listening than talking – especially if Doug Dale is my assistant. Doug, a 10-year employee at the school, is a low-key, casual and humble guy. But every time I shut my yap and open my ears, … Read more »

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With the November 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine now in the hands of all subscribers (I hope!), it’s time to share with everyone the work of all the winners in our inaugural PWM Excellence Awards (But if you aren’t a subscriber…well…you know…save money…feed my cats…etc. etc.). We announced the Grand-prize Winner last month, but … Read more »

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Note: If you missed my first post on this magazine stand, you might like to begin here. I may be overly fond of pattern routing, because any time I have more than one identical part, I immediately begin contemplating a new pattern. And that’s the approach I took when building this magazine stand: My first … Read more »

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