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Final polls for round 1: Planer vs Jointer and Coping Saw vs Japanese Saw. Round 2 starts tomorrow! …

Next up: Router vs Lathe and Spokeshave vs Shoulder Plane. There’s no wrong way to vote, just make sure you keep coming back! …

Next up: Table Saw vs Band Saw and Chisel vs Hammer. There’s no wrong way to vote, just make sure you keep coming back! …

Our first competitors; Drill vs Miter Saw and Bench Plane vs Block Plane. There’s no wrong way to vote, just make sure you keep coming back!   …

The time is upon us! Tool Madness 2022, where we’re pitting power tools vs hand tools in the ultimate showdown, starts today! For the next week we’ll be polling you to decide which [...]

Good Bye Garry I lost a friend and mentor recently, and the woodworking community has lost an icon. Garry Knox Bennett’s accolades are far more than can be mentioned in this article, but I’ll [...]

Following a Passion Two years ago, Steve Thomson fell in love with creating art, with wood as his medium. The graphic-designer-turned-marketing-director decided to steer his artistic passion [...]

A near-universal truth about woodworkers is that they’re always working to improve their craft and expand their skills. That goes for the authors and editors here at Popular Woodworking as [...]

A dive into the world of non-fungible tokens reveals what’s real in the world. It seemed like a simple enough idea at the time: let’s make an NFT. Thirty seconds of google quickly [...]

Advancements in computer technology have finally resulted in all-knowing AI programs. Thanks to this brave new world, we’re finally able to ask the hard-hitting questions woodworking [...]

Greetings Fellow Woodworkers, As we look forward to the new year, I hope this letter finds you, your friends, and families well. The new year can be an exciting time, packed with anticipation for [...]

2021 is coming to a close, and as is the tradition, we look back at the most popular articles we published in the past year. Our reader’s interests were as diverse as ever, branching across [...]