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When it comes to joinery, I use the mortise-and-tenon joint a great deal. To create this joint I have used every system imaginable and with great success, from a tenon saw and mortise chisel, to [...]

This week I’m in Germany with a group of woodworking editors to visit the Festool headquarters in Stuttgart and try out the company’s new DF 500 Q Domino system. This moment is one of [...]

Around the house at this time of year, I get asked what I would like for my holiday gifts. As woodworkers I think we all hear this, “What can I buy for you?” question, at some time [...]

Tonight I attempted to make my first serious loaf of bread, and I learned something about woodworking benches. Now, I don’t like to talk much about my life outside the magazine. It’s [...]

I’ve always been geeky about sharpening things, not in the sense of polishing chisel backs to #32,000 grit, but having a good edge before going to work. Before using a router bit, I dress [...]

There are things that are very nice about working at a woodworking magazine. New tools arrive out of nowhere. New ideas are promoted for upcoming articles, which afford one the opportunity to [...]