Editor’s Blogs
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Sharpening my Tools
I’ve never been particularly adept at sharpening my edge tools (chisels, plane irons, etc.). It’s not that I couldn’t get them sharp enough to work, it’s just that I’ve always experienced inconsistent results.
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Are You Planning a Woodworking Vacation? Fill Us In!
Where will you spend your vacation time this summer? Do your travel plans include something related to woodworking or woodworking education?
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If at First …
How can we be sure our projects whose primary feature must be functionality are all we want them to be? It is a short answer, really: we build prototypes.
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More Time to Talk Table Saws
As they ponder whether new safety standards are needed for table saws, the CPSC has extended the time frame available for public comments on the issue.
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Maggie Lu’s Little Dresser
As our eZine readers are likely aware, I recently made a youth-sized dresser for my first grandchild.
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Satisfaction from the Simplest of Tools
Cleaning up the surface of his workbench with a scraper was a good chance for Chris Marshall to get back to basics with one of woodworking’s simplest tools.
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The Sad State of Workbenches (Part 2): What’s Wrong Nowadays
Most woodworkers think they are buying what they need and have never used a proper workbench. Ernie Conover explains why.
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Roads and Fences: How Adventurous Are You?
Recently, a reader wrote in to get some advice about building a chair. Our answers took decidedly different approaches to a larger and broader topic of building chairs.
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The Sad State of Workbenches (Part 1): What Used to Be Right
The second half of the 20th Century has seen a gradual decline of the workbench. Here’s a look back at the zenith of bench design.
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Be Careful What You Wish For…
Over this past year I found myself orchestrating the filming of DVD series. I also nearly had a nervous breakdown. How did this happen? It’s a long story…
