Blogs
Featuring posts from our editorial staff and contributing writers.
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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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Airplane Bed
This reader’s project incorporates some clever “interactive” functionality and plenty of storage.
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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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Gifts from the Woodworker’s Journal Staff
Woodworker’s Journal staff members turn to a certain favorite hobby when the holidays come around. Here are some of our projects given as gifts this year.
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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…
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Christmas Wood and the “Poor Man’s Ebony”
Tim Knight shares how American holly came to be known as the Christmas Wood and Poor Man’s Ebony
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MicroFence’s Rich Wedler and Friends “Sawing” Holiday Tunes
With the holidays in full swing, here are a couple of holiday tunes we recently ran across on Micro Fence’s website to help keeps spirits bright.
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The Sound of a Tree
It’s not exactly news that Sandor is a ukulele nut. Here he looks a little deeper at his affinity for this great instrument and its relationship to woodworking.
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Hardboard and Masonite: Uniform Wood Products
A couple of years ago, a question arose within the pages of Woodworker’s Journal concerning the origination of “Masonite®.”