Old-School Joinery with a New Tool
Freud invited us to an early meeting to present a number of new woodworking related products. Some were router bit designs, some were geared to industrial consumers and one was a new machine [...]
In the Future with Festool
Two years ago if I would have mentioned the company Festool, more likely than not, you wouldn’t have known the name. Then the Domino was introduced and the name Festool jumped in [...]
An Adjustable-height Band Saw (yes, you read that right)
If you own a 14″ band saw, then you know that you have a conundrum on your hands when you set it up.You could leave it stock, which would allow you to cut material up to 6″ thick. Or [...]
VIDEO – Veritas Skew Rabbet Plane In Action at IWF 2008
Veritas has released two new skew rabbet planes, which cut rabbets both with and across the grain. These full-featured planes are fundamental tools in the shop of a hand-tool woodworker.
Fancy New Cutterheads for Suitcase Planers
New cutterheads with "insert tooling" will be available for portables.
The Question of Through-tenons
I’ve spent a good deal of energy investigating through-tenons. When I started collecting Arts & Crafts furniture in 1990, I quickly became attuned to spotting the joint in pieces for my [...]
For This I get Paid? — The Final Installment
I got back to Cincinnati late Saturday after six days at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking, where Phil Lowe taught me and 11 others how to build a demilune table with a veneered apron. I [...]
The Wood Whisperer’s Favorite Power-tool Accessories
How lucky are we? This issue of Popular Woodworking magazine has a second article written by Marc Spagnuolo, a.k.a., The Wood Whisperer. In this installment, Marc examines power-tool [...]
New CD: The Best of Arts & Crafts
The revival of the Arts & Crafts Movement isn’t just in the furniture store. Woodworkers of all levels of experience have named it one of their favorite styles to build in their [...]
DeWalt Enters the U.S. Tracksaw Market
DeWalt enters the tracksaw market with both corded and cordless plunge saws.
For This I Get Paid? Part 5
Friday, my fellow students and I got into a very sticky situation. That hide glue that Phil Lowe had us start cooking on Monday finally came into play. But first, we were directed to glue up our [...]
For This I Get Paid? Part 4
Today, Phil Lowe set up a jig to waste out the front side of the bridle joint that the leg sleeves over in our demilune tables, and a niggling thought crept in to my head. Did I really keep the [...]