Stickley Mantle Clock’s Fumed Finish
Quartersawn white oak begs for a fumed finish just as was used on many original Stickley projects. Learn the steps to a traditional finish process.
Eight New Tools and a Combo Pack
Eight New Tools and a Combo Pack Ridgid launches X4 a new generation of cordless tools that are compact and lightweight without losing any of the power! The new X4 5 PC 18V Lithium-Ion Combo Kit [...]
Free Plan: Porch Swing With A Curve
This clever porch swing design from ‘Backyard Projects for Today’s Homestead‘ uses bent lamination sides to support the slats and to create the arms. Clever, and an interesting [...]
Old-growth Pine
Here’s a close look at a piece of old-growth pine reclaimed from salvaged timber – on top of it is a piece of new-growth pine. Notice the difference in the growth rings (click on the photo [...]
Video: Build a Moxon Double-screw Vise
WARNING: The Society for Reverence and Decency in Woodworking Writing has ruled that this particular entry violates several of the organization’s rules. You are warned that this video refers to [...]
Renaissance Woodworker WIA Interviews
Shannon Rogers, who runs The Renaissance Woodworker blog, The Hand Tool School and is one of the three hosts of WoodTalk Online (along with Matt Vanderlist and Marc Spanguolo), has been busy [...]
THE WOODEN PC
WHAT PEOPLE DO TO THEIR PC COMPUTERS ? BE UNIQUE BE ORIGINAL…. ALL RECLAIMED TIMBER USED……
Traveling Tool Museum Returns for WIA 2011
In the August 2007 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, Christopher Schwarz introduced you to John Sindelar and his jaw-dropping collection of rare and one-of-a-kind handtools. (You can read [...]
The Last Sheffield Sawmaker
The Last Sheffield Sawmaker David Wittner During its heyday, there were nearly 70 sawmakers in Sheffield, England. Today there is only one. Beyond saws, hundreds of shops produced a [...]
Penchant for Pendants
One of the benefits of working full time at the Rhode Island School of Design was that you and your family got to take classes in the Continuing Education Department for free. You only needed to [...]
SCAFFOLD PLANK BOOKCASE
BOOKCASE MADE FROM SCAFFOLD PLANKS THAT WERE MACHINED TO SIZE.ALL PLANKS WERE DAMAGED ONES.SEE WHAT IDEAS YOU CAN COME UP WITH USING DAMAGED SCAFFOLD PLANKS??? REMEMBER ONE THING IF ANYONE [...]
Modern Mission Cabinet
Modern Mission Cabinet Simple jigs create stylish joints. By Tim Johnson My dog’s energetic tail inspired this cabinet. Anything within wagging range was endangered, including a number of [...]