Lighting the Lathe
Good lighting is essential for lathe work. I really don’t think you can have too much. But general overhead lighting doesn’t cut it because you constantly need to train full, bright [...]
Turned wood teapot, to be included in an upcoming show at the Fuller Craft Museum Part 1
Some of you might be wondering if a real teapot be made of wood. The truthful answer is, unfortunately, no. Wood is obviously not the best container for hot water. Therefore, the piece that I [...]
AW Extra 4/11/13 – At-Hand Tool Storage
At-Hand Tool Storage By Bob Ungar I hate fumbling around in drawers or digging into cabinets for tools.That’s why I love perf-board. It displays my hand tools out in the open [...]
A Trio of Common Beginner Questions (& Answers)
If you’re new to the craft of woodworking, this post is for you, and it’s to help spread the word on the brainchild of Tom Iovino (Tom’s Workbench), “Get Woodworking [...]
Laminate File: A Woodworking Hand Tool You Didn’t Know You Needed
Tool snobs beware: This post is about an inexpensive tool that is useful for woodworking and without an ounce of style or charm. In the cabinet industry, plastic laminate files are used for [...]
New Lee Valley Precision Screwdrivers Seeking Grace
If you are picky about the screws you use in your projects, you are probably as picky about your screwdrivers. I sure am. Typical inexpensive and mid-price screwdrivers for slotted screws have a [...]
The Woodwright’s Shop Season 9
How To Buy Streaming video — Available at ShopClass.PopularWoodworking.com DVD — Order now on ShopWoodworking.com Learn more about all Roy Underhill episodes here. Episode Guide [...]
The Woodwright’s Shop Season 8
How To Buy Streaming video — Available at ShopClass.PopularWoodworking.com DVD — Order now on ShopWoodworking.com Learn more about all Roy Underhill episodes here. Episode Guide [...]
Signed Copies of ‘Make a Joint Stool from a Tree’ (Please Read Carefully)
Charles Hummel’s long and laudable career as a scholar and author of American decorative arts, and his long tenure at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, makes him a living legend – [...]
Q & A: Truing a Framing Square
Q & A: Truing a Framing Square Q: I just inherited my grandpa’s framing square. It’s big and heavy and I’d like to use it but it isn’t square! How on earth can [...]
Secret Dovetails for the Rest of Us
I hate end grain. In my work, I take great pains to hide every square inch of it. This often means cutting joinery that is more involved. For example, on my spice chest, I could simply have used [...]
Tool Chest Handsaw Storage
I’m working on the interior of my “Anarchist’s Tool Chest,” and I’ve decided to slightly rearrange the storage from what’s shown in Christopher Schwarz’s [...]