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THIS GOLF BALL IS 42 MM DIAMETER? THIS I PUT ON THE LATHE AND UNDERCUT CENTRE DOWN TO 20 MM AS SEEN?THE HOLE IN OAK IS 22.50MM .AS I TRY TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE ?I HAVE MADE THIS POSSIBLE? THE [...]

There are still some spots open in the woodworking classes I’m teaching this winter. If you’ve recently come into a little money (thank you First National Bank of the Plasma) and have [...]

Question: I was planning to make a. . .good, fast, cheap workbench, as I think Bob Key called his design some years ago: fir or pine legs and top, Record face vise, and. . .well, some sort of …

Question: Any news on the “premium” Stanley Chisels you reported on in 2008? I use a pair of Everlasts everyday on site and in the shop that were handed down from my uncle. There are [...]

The backboards on the White Water Shaker cupboard, the cover project on the first-ever Popular Woodworking Magazine (April 2010), gave us all a charge. Why would the maker of the original [...]

“I know what you’re thinking, punk. You’re thinking, ‘Did he fire six shots or only five?’ Now to tell you the truth I forgot myself in all this excitement. But [...]

All you woodworkers north of the 49th parallel , I’m talking to those way north where it’s not convenient to drive to Washington State or into Pennsylvania , you now have the [...]

THESE CAN BE SEEN AT RIPLEYS IN ORLANDO FLORIDA LATER THIS YEAR.PLUS SOME OTHER ILLUSIONS I HAVE DONE FOR RIPLEYS.SEEING IS BELEIVING???…

I have used a bowling alley 7' length made of maple and pine for my bench top.  I have it sanded and planed to new wood as level as I can get it.  There a few cracks ~1/16" [...]

Roy Underhill has asked me to appear on “The Woodwright’s Shop” during the show’s upcoming 30th season. (Note to self: You can now stop squealing like a little girl.) [...]

If you’re parsimonious, tardy or just plain wary, then this post is for you. My book “Handplane Essentials” is now on sale for the first time since its release this summer. [...]

I roughly cut the top shelves of the hutches.       I’m ripping strips to make the moldings to fill the underside of the top shelves. To stay on the safe side for the router [...]