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We bought two sizes of sunken handles, medium and large (both from Paxton Hardware). We also purchased round corners, and bracket corner straps (from Rockler). I began by devising a versatile [...]

I am an fan of Campaign furniture. I build them and I teach how to do so. I admire their intelligent designs, their reputable structure, and I am in awe of their remarkable  functionality. [...]

2013 has been a tough year to compete when it comes to woodworking event “stuntery.” With gatherings like Handworks in Amana, Iowa, The French Oak Roubo Build, Woodworking in American 2013, and [...]

As I was building the Shaker blanket chest that’s in our upcoming October 2013 issue (which just went off to the printer), I chose my usual glue: liquid hide. Five years ago, I took a [...]

You may not really think about it, but much of woodworking is history. Today we use tools from centuries back, we assemble projects using joinery that has stood the test of time and we reproduce [...]

Over the last few years I’ve been frequently asked why I write for Popular Woodworking Magazine. The conversation usually begins something like, “Someone with your experience could [...]

Q & A: What’s the Deal with Combination Planer/Molders? Q: I’m shopping for a planer, and am also planning to do a bunch of trim work in my house: crown moldings, door casings, [...]

Mortise Centering Jig With this jig I can rout mortises exactly centered on the workpiece— no measurement or layout necessary. First I drilled and tapped two holes in my router base plate [...]

A gentlemen, not much older that I (that means elderly), wrote me this week after seeing my American Woodworker SketchUp blog. He asked me if there was a good application out there for drawing in [...]

Build the infamous and seemingly impossible Chinese stool with Bob Lang, in a special weekend class at the Popular Woodworking Magazine Shop. Once in a great while, we invite readers into the [...]

As woodworkers we know who great wood is. We also know who important wood is in the construction of our homes. But most of us are not aware that wood can also be used as the principal material [...]

Discover exactly how furniture should be made . . . Join Popular Woodworking Magazine Executive Editor Robert Lang for 160 pages of woodworking advice, how-tos and design inspiration. Available [...]