Woodworking Posts

Over the last few years I’ve been frequently asked why I write for Popular Woodworking Magazine. The conversation usually begins something like “Someone with your experience could write for any magazine they want, why Popular Woodworking Magazine?” Now that I’ve joined the editorial team that question has been cropping up a lot more. Since I … Read more »

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Build the infamous and seemingly impossible Chinese stool with Bob Lang, in a special weekend class at the Popular Woodworking Magazine Shop. Once in a great while, we invite readers into the Popular Woodworking Magazine shop to build a project along with one of the editors while we film a video. Back in 2010, readers … Read more »

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If you have a shop, you need some type of vacuum or a dust collector. No, a dust collector is not simply attached to a table saw, band saw or router table. It is as perfect to clean-up wood dust as it is for shavings from your plane. (If you’re working green wood as you … Read more »

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Woodworking in America is just around the corner. It will be upon us in no time – that’s great news for you because now is the time to register (click here) and make travel arrangements, if necessary. For me, however, this means that I have got to get started on the outline for my classes, … Read more »

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During the first three hours of my my class on building a trestle table, here are the statements I heard the students say the most. I cannot design. I can’t draw. I can’t come up with original ideas. I will just copy an existing design. Today is Tuesday. It’s only the second day of the … Read more »

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My second-floor shop is freakishly neat. The bench is mostly bare and the majority of my hand tools are stashed in my chest. The “overflow” hand tools (yes, I have maybe one or two) are in various boxes or hanging neatly on the wall. On the other side of the room, my computer desk has … Read more »

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