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[Updated July 13th 1:20 CST) Amazon Prime Day is here, and we’re rounding up the best deals for woodworkers! Keep checking in throughout the next two days as we update the list! Lightning [...]

Congrats to our 2022 grand prize winner Richard Freadling! Richard reached out that he …

A proven design that will last a lifetime. I have many fine tools in my shop, but the most important one is my bench. It has a classic design, favored by cabinetmakers for generations.    [...]

40 years is a long time to be doing anything, including existing as a magazine in this modern digital age. Check out our 40-year history with this in-depth timeline, which you can also download [...]

In the hands of genius, ordinary items become fine art. One of the best-known quotations to arise from the Arts & Crafts movement is from William Morris. A founding father of the movement in [...]

Welcome to the December to Remember 2021 Sweepstakes! Popular Woodworking Magazine and its sponsors will award one prize each day from November 25 through December 31. The prize pictured on each [...]

Tradition meets technology when we marry an 18th-century workbench design with modern laminated veneer lumber. Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the November 2009 issue of [...]

These beautiful Shoji-style sliding doors will make any large living space more versatile, or close off a closet in style.

As much as this piece is a homage to Shaker design, it is also quietly a love letter to both hand tools and shared shops. Project #2113 • Skill Level: Intermediate • Time: 10 • Days Cost: $500 [...]

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Project #1923 • Skill Level: Advanced • Time: 1 Week • Cost: $250 I’m not a fan of period furniture from England. The English emphasis on the horizontal conflicts with the American emphasis on [...]

Creative thinking and dirt-simple jigs make the joinery a straightforward task. Full-Size Plan:  Download I tend to think of Chippendale chairs as highly ornate. But there are startlingly simple [...]