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Scientific Name: Juniperus virginiana Other Common Names: Juniper, aromatic cedar, pencil cedar, Tennessee red cedar Growing Regions: Maine and southern Ontario to South Dakota, south to eastern [...]

Here’s a quick roundup of all the landing pages for Cyber Monday 2023 deals on woodworking tools and more. Plus don’t forget you can get 50% off PopWood+ with the code PWCYBER50 at [...]

Handmade gifts are one of the most personal ways to say that you love someone. No matter what their interest, you’re sure to find something they’ll enjoy on this list. Most of these gifts can be [...]

Welcome to the 2023 edition of the Popular Woodworking gift guide! As usual we have a ton of great gift ideas for woodworkers of all skill levels. Know your price point? Jump right in below, or [...]

On this week’s episode of the ShopNotes Podcast, Logan and Phil talk with the founder of Grizzly Tools about woodworking, the business of making tools and more…. It’s unusual to [...]

Difficult glue-ups are troublesome enough without having to position clamp pads as part of the process. I’ve tried using hot-melt glue, double-sided tape and various other methods to hold pads [...]

On this week’s episode of the ShopNotes Podcast, John, Phil, and Logan, are discussing workbench setups, some listener questions and comments and so much more! Special thanks to our sponsor [...]

On this week’s episode of the ShopNotes Podcast, Phil is hosting special guests, Creative Director of the Woodsmith and ShopNotes Magazines, Chris Fitch, and Editor and “Multimedia [...]

On this week’s episode of the ShopNotes Podcast, we have the usual cast of suspects – John, Logan, and Phil taking about everything from machinist tools to handsaws, but some of you [...]

Your early projects don’t have to end up as firewood. When people see the Philadelphia-style secretary I built, they inevitably want to know how long I have been making furniture and how many [...]

You, too, can determine moisture content simply by feeling a board. Murphy had never bought lumber from us before. He watched his boards carefully as they were loaded onto his truck. “They look [...]