The New Bosch CM10GD 10″ Dual-Bevel Glide Miter Saw
Bosch has done it again – only smaller. Its new 10″ dual-bevel glide miter saw has more in common with its big brother than just a blue motor housing. In 2011 Bosch changed the face of [...]
The 5 Ws of 2013 – A Woodworking Christmas Letter to You
Who was this year all about? You! This has been a year in which we here at Popular Woodworking have learned more than ever about you, our audience. We have interacted more with you in all areas, [...]
Mike Dombrowsky’s table: Celebrating the ten year anniversary of the Eliot House Woodworking Program
Mike Dombrowsky spent two semesters with us at the Eliot Woodshop. After contemplating a few project alternatives he zoomed in on making a shaker influenced end table, but with a twist. Mike set [...]
4 Tricks For Flattening French Benchtops
One of the gripes I hear about French workbenches is that the benchtops are difficult to flatten because of the end grain protruding through the top. I don’t buy it. Here are a few simple tricks [...]
Friday’s Tip for December 20th
Edge-Banding Clamp I ran out of clamps and patience the last time I applied a veneered edge to a long piece of plywood. The tangle of clamps to hold the veneer and cauls in place was more than I [...]
Cracked Curly Cherry
Sometimes, no matter how diligent we are, defects creep into our projects. Often we’re the cause and other times the defects are beyond our control. Or are they? Cherry is often rather [...]
Design Your Own Furniture the Hybrid Way
“For me, furniture design is mostly about problem-solving.” –Marc Spagnuolo, The Wood Whisperer Let’s say you have a good shop to work in – including a solid workbench or other reasonable [...]
Antediluvian Magazine Extras
With the recent release of our eleventy-billion-years DVD (OK, it’s 19 years, and more than 9,000 pages, plus it includes Glen D. Huey’s “Finishes that Pop” video), [...]
A Cousin to the ‘Milkman’s Workbench’
An eagle-eyed reader spotted this small benchtop that looks like the bigger Danish brother to the portable Milkman’s Workbench I wrote about in the June 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking [...]
Make a Decorative Star with Paul Sellers
There’s something challenging about simplifying complexities that pulls something out of me. Years ago, a young apprentice I worked with was jumping through many hoops to make faceted stars for [...]
Top 9 Woodworking Project Ideas for 2013
The year is wrapping up and it’s time for a “Woodworking Daily” top 9 list – one for each month I’ve been on the blog. We’re going to cover some terrific woodworking project ideas and general [...]