WIA 2011: Where to Eat in Cincinnati
Food is one of my constant obsessions – right behind woodworking. So whenever people visit our fair city, I am prone to force some restaurant recommendations upon them. Hence, this blog entry for [...]
Router-enhanced Dovetails
Contributing Editor Glen D. Huey made this short video while working on the cover project for the upcoming November 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine (which should start arriving in [...]
Wood in the high tech environment a visit to the technology fair in Queens New York
This weekend I entered one of the more fascinating and cheerfuller parlors of Americana I have ever visited. It was an event that featured the talents, achievements and entrepreneurship of [...]
How to ‘Time’ or ‘Clock’ Your Screw Heads
First a warning: Don’t read this blog entry if you already obsess too much over the details of your furniture. This entry could only make things worse. Years ago, a high-end finish carpenter [...]
Family Activities in Cincinnati
Come to town for the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event, March 30-31, and bring the family! There’s plenty for your spouse, significant other (or insignificant other) and kids to do while [...]
Graham Blackburn Steps in for Ailing David Charlesworth
Graham Blackburn has joined the list of expert woodworkers instructing at this year’s Woodworking in America Conference (Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center). He has [...]
The Gender of Form
A couple of days ago, I cut out a form on the band saw and brought it home. I used a big chunk of cedar so it brought with it a nice aroma. I placed it on a bookshelf in …
THE DOLPHIN
SCRAP WOOD COMES IN HANDY WHEN YOU HAVE TIME ON YOUR HANDS AND A BANDSAW. THESE MAKE IDEAL XMAS GIFTS.ALL FROM SCRAP WOOD. DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A DOLPHIN.ANY ANIMAL MAMMAL CAN BE DONE.USING YOUR [...]
Jeff Miller: Modern With an Old-tool Streak
In my book, Jeff Miller might just be one of the keys to the future of woodworking. The furniture he’s built during the last three decades is decidedly contemporary. It has clean lines, simple [...]
’55 Best Shop-Made Jigs’
Make your workshop a safer and more efficient place to build with this new CD collection of our 55 favorite shop-made jigs, fixtures and appliances culled from the last 12 years of Popular [...]
One-day Tickets Available for Woodworking in America
With just 15 days to go until Woodworking in America 2011 commences, we still have room for more people. So, we’ve decided to offer one-day passes. Single-day passes are now available for [...]
Mission Bookstand
Mission Bookstand Display your scrapbooks, photo albums and woodworking skills. By Tom Caspar Woodworkers like to see how things work, right out in the open. We love looking at gears, levers and [...]