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Marc Spagnuolo (a.k.a. The Wood Whisperer) walks you through the process of pillowing the ends of ebony pegs for Greene & Greene pieces. From the August 2009 issue of Popular Woodworking.

In my elementary school, the janitor was a shadowy character who mostly stayed in the basement, in his private area next to the boiler room. Yet he was powerful enough to make everyone (even [...]

ARROW PUZZLE ARROW 7 INCH  ENDS 1 1/2  THICKNESS 1/4  ONE PIECE HOLE IN LOG 3/4   NO JOINS IN ARROW????…

THE ARROW THROUGH LOG PUZZLE? HOW DO THEY DO THAT? THATS MAGIC THE ARROW IS TURNED IN ONE PIECE AND IS 7 INCHES LONG THE ENDS ARE  1 1/2 INCH WIDE THE THICKNESS IS 1/4 INCH? THERE ARE [...]

When you pick up an old plane in an antique store or swap meet it is sending off clues. This is (I’m told) a bit like speed dating , your job is to weed out the twitchy, drooling, [...]

Traditional cut nails can be made from pretty soft steel, especially the useful cut headless brads. As a result, you have to be careful when installing them. Here are some of the things that can [...]

    After my last mistakes have been managed, I was able to go on building the base cupboards of the twin kitchen hutches.   It is very satisfying to realize that any mistake can [...]

THESE ARE MADE FROM VARIOUS TIMBERS  AND THE ONLY TOOLS USED TO TURN BOWL AND FRUIT WERE  LARGE ENGINEERING FILES WHICH I SHARPENED AND AND GROUND TO VARIOUS [...]

After being in and out of print during the last several years, David Finck’s “Making & Mastering Wood Planes” is finally available for sale again directly from the author. [...]

Garden planter troughs made from pallets . and yes i am still denailing my pallets hey i got over 400 to denail and i get 85%  that are ok.? The rest are ok for wood burner? This [...]

When making through-mortises by hand, one of the occasional problems is that you get a little mallet happy, you drive the mortise chisel a little too deep and you blow out a piece of grain on the [...]

Bellflowers and stringing inlay are just two eye-catching features of fine Federal furniture. Add cuff banding and you’ll draw attention to the ankles, too. Rob Millard shows you how in [...]