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In what is surely one of the signs of the apocalypse, The Wood Whisperer is now selling T-shirts that mash together my likeness with the most memorable line from the forgettable 1987 movie [...]

Take a visual tour of the Nancy and Ed Rosenthal collection of fine Ming Dynasty Furniture. You'll get a basic knowledge of the style, materials and joinery used.

In our February 2009 Tool Test, we review SawStop's newest offering – a contractor saw that's  priced well below the cabinet saw price, but with all the safety features SawStop has [...]

A blog entry last week brought a question from a reader about what woodworking books were on my bookshelf. An interesting question to ask a woodworking books editor. We’ve run pieces in the [...]

Traditional striking knives have almost disappeared. Except for Adam Cherubini’s article on them in the April 2005 issue of Popular Woodworking, you’ll find little written about them [...]

In the April 2009 issue of Popular Woodworking, Marc Spagnuolo writes about six common situations where specialty glues are needed. In this video, he shows you how to select, mix and use [...]

Sometimes brand-new chisels and planes (even from the best manufacturers) don’t hold an edge well. I’ve seen some edges crumple like tin foil after two whacks with a mallet or two [...]

It has been a week since my first post on building the bed (read it here), as was pointed out by Bill in the comment section. During the week, I was handed many fine ideas to contemplate and …

Poke around enough old woodworking books and two things will happen. You’ll become a tremendous bore at parties (“Aye, but I could find no mention of the ‘pricker’ tool in [...]

Custom sawmaker Andrew Lunn has become a part-time 911 paramedic to become a full-time sawmaker. Today is his first day on the job at Eccentric Toolworks. “My idea from the beginning was [...]

Are you sitting on the fence waiting to pull the trigger on the purchase of a few new tools? If so, here’s something you should know about. Beginning today, Grizzly Industrial, Inc. is [...]

So I’ve stared at the image above enough to go cross-eyed. And I’m out of ideas. Earlier this week, Mike Wenzloff asked me if I knew what these round-looking things were beneath [...]