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I HAVE A BASIC TYME CUB LATHE WHICH I BOUGHT IN 1986 STILL GOING STRONG. I HAD SOME BALSA TIMBER SPARE 3/4 X 3/4 X ABOUT 12 INCHS LONG. SO I MADE A SET OF GOBLETS.THESE ARE NO HIGHER THAN [...]

Making a workbench that is both massive and mobile is no small feat. Most of the approaches I have seen have one of the following complications: 1. The mobile base is outboard of the legs. You [...]

Solitary Strategies for Three-Handed Tasks by Tim Johnson One of woodworking’s major attractions is being able to say, “I built that myself.” On the surface, this statement is about mastering [...]

      Thanks to my new sanding table, my lathe doubles as a disc sander. I really like this setup, because I can adjust the speed of the disc to the job and the material.   [...]

Mobile Clamp Rack Hold it! Roll it! Hang it! Store it! By Roger Meinen Tired of dragging clamps around my shop, I built this rack that brings them right to the job. It takes up only 21 x 32 in. [...]

Sometimes being the “Back-up” pays dividends. Of the Popular Woodworking staff, I’m the back-up video guy. When it’s necessary, I’m called into action. This past [...]

A large part of the appeal of Arts and Crafts style furniture is the apparent lack of decoration. This project, a reproduction of a Gustav Stickley No. 70 music cabinet and a detail I’ve [...]

THIS IS THE BULB BEFORE I PER-FECT IT INTO THE SOLID CUBE. THIS IS ONE OF THE ILLUSIONS I WILL MAKE FOR THE RIPLEY SEEING IS BELEIVING MUSEUM.!LATER YOU WILL SEE BULB IN THE [...]

THIS IS HOW TO KEEP WARM FROM WASTE PAPER ,GET DUSTBIN FILL WITH WATER HALF FULL. ADD ALL NEWSPAPER /MAGAZINES.THEN PULP IT TO MASH MIXTURE. AND THEN USE A BRICKMAKER TO MAKE BLOCKS FROM [...]

I talked with a friend tonight who’s never seen my house , except for the small bits of it in pictures that show up in the magazine. Apparently, he got his December 2009 issue, for which I [...]

  In this first installment of the restoration of a vintage Delta Unisaw, Publisher Steve Shanesy takes us through the first step – assessing the condition of the saw. Plus you’ll see [...]

In the interest of full disclosure, the following book , “The Perfect Edge” , is being published by my parent company, F+W Media. Also, I consider the author, Ron Hock, a good friend. [...]