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Here’s some tough love: Most good woodworkers are terrible finishers. I know this because I have seen hundreds – probably thousands – of pieces of furniture that have been entered in competitions [...]

Built from pine boards available from you local home store, this outdoor bench can be built with only a jigsaw and screw gun. A simply coat of paint to match your decor and you’ll be [...]

Tips for Finishing Walnut THERE’S NO DENYING that most walnut looks great with nothing more than a few coats of oil. Here we’ll show you some tricks to make your walnut projects look even better. [...]

QUESTION: My woodworking shop is going great but I do have a question spurred (proper word choice?) on by your videos and my experience.  I have flattened my Lie-Nielsen bench benchtop.  Not a [...]

DAIMLER ENGINE RUSTY /PARTS MISSING COST TOO MUCH TO REBULID.COST £40  OR 65 DOLLARS US.  HANDY TO BUY IF YOU HAVE FORSEEN IDEAS FOR ITS USE. THIS ENGINE WILL NEVER SEE THE ROAD [...]

I showed up at John Sindelar’s Tool Museum almost an hour late on Saturday morning after an evening at a Chicago tapas restaurant that pushed my bedtime to 1 a.m. The museum, which is also [...]

From the August 2011 issue #191 Buy this issue now The August 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine is making its way to subscribers (it will be on bookstore racks in a few weeks). As a [...]

WHAT CAN YOU FIND AT A SCRAP YARD FOR A FEW  POUNDS/DOLLARS. IMAGINATION IS ALL YOU NEED.CLEAN UP A PISTON HEAD. BUY A CLOCK FITTING ,AND THERE YOU HAVE IT A PISTON CLOCK.…

I received a bunch of requests for a free sample of a digital issue, so you could try it out on various computers and tablet devices. So here you are. Just click on the link below to download the [...]

During the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event in our shop this spring, furniture maker Jeff Miller came over to my bench and started asking questions about the Wenzloff & Sons no-set backsaw I had [...]

Portable productivity with a nod to steampunk style. By Mag Ruffman The glorious thing about being self-sufficient is that you can usually figure out ways to create what you [...]

From the August 2011 issue #191 Buy this issue now Don Williams is a Washington, D.C.-based conservator, educator, author, and finisher, and has over the past 40 years worked on preserving and [...]