Gifts for the Non Woodworkers in your Family
(On Sale, of Course)
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Like just about every other company that sells stuff, we have deals going on for Pre-Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Mondaysilly sales Saturday? Not-so-subtle-sales-pitch Sunday? OK as much as I hate crass commercialism, we really do have some good deals in all the interest areas we serve at F+W Media and you neednt leave
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posted at: 12:02am on 28-Nov-2013
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Video Short with Jeff Miller
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As editors, we search our two web sites (popularwoodworking.com and shopwoodworking.com) constantly for information for the online extras portion of all articles and most columns, the information, we hope, is both relevant and interesting. While searching the sites, I often come across books, articles and DVDs that have scads of interesting information, including tips
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posted at: 12:14am on 27-Nov-2013
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An Even Better Bench Light
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This summer I swallowed hard and praised an inexpensive IKEA light that I used while teaching at the Port Townsend School of Woodworking. When I returned home, I was going to buy one. But then I found that one of my kids had purchased one and had it in her room. So I pinched it.
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posted at: 12:26am on 26-Nov-2013
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Pinterest - Yea or Nay?
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If you read my personal blog, you know Im in the midst of deciding what to do with my kitchen (so I can sell my house). I have a kitchen file (read: a boot box overflowing with unorganized pages ripped from magazines, print outs from web sites and sample materials) that I began putting together
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posted at: 12:26am on 26-Nov-2013
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A Hidden Gem: Building Classic Arts & Crafts Furniture
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If you are a student of Arts & Crafts furniture, don't be put off by the too-generically titled "Building Classic Arts & Crafts Furniture" by Michael Crow. This book should be more properly titled "The Genius of Limbert Furniture Designs." This book is narrowly focused on 33 designs produced by Charles Limbert's furniture factory in
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posted at: 12:04am on 22-Nov-2013
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Forging a Striking Knife with Peter Ross
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I was going to write about striking knives and why you might want onebut then did a quick search of our web site and came across Christopher Schwarz's early 2009 post "Things I Like About My Striking Knife", so Ill just send you there instead. But you dont need to troll the antique
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posted at: 12:23am on 21-Nov-2013
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Others Building the Dutch Tool Chest
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If you are thinking about building the Dutch Tool Chest from the October 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, you aren't alone. I've heard from dozens of other woodworkers who see it as a simple, fast and efficient way to store your hand tools (and make them portable). I've been using my Dutch chest for
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posted at: 12:22am on 20-Nov-2013
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Video Shorts with Ron Herman
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As editors, we search our two web sites (popularwoodworking.com and shopwoodworking.com) constantly for information for the online extras portion of all articles and in most columns, the information, we hope, is both relevant and interesting. While searching the sites, I often come across books, articles and DVDs that have scads of interesting information, including tips
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posted at: 12:22am on 20-Nov-2013
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Different Kinds of Roorkhee Chairs
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Since building my first run of Roorkhee chairs for the October 2012 issue of Popular Woodworking, I've been able to explore many of the variants of this nifty design, from the original version (shown in the magazine), to its iteration in the hands of Kaare Klint. This week I'm building an early chair inspired by
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posted at: 12:02am on 18-Nov-2013
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Looking for Some Good Reading?
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Ive been working on my editors note for the February issue of the magazine, and was inspired to write about online woodworking in large part due to the Online Woodworking Roundtable session at Woodworking in America 2013. I was (quite pleasantly) surprised to see how many people came to listen to our panelists talk about
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posted at: 12:09am on 15-Nov-2013
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Furniture in Wartime
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When the British Empire expanded to almost every corner of the globe in the 19th century, the furniture of the mobile class evolved into simplified versions of high-style Georgian wares, according to scholars of the period. Fancy chests of drawers lost their carvings and mouldings so they would be more robust. Large pieces of furniture
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posted at: 12:02am on 13-Nov-2013
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Franklin Gottshall Find
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Earlier this year a friend purchased all that remained from the estate of Franklin Gottshall. If you are not familiar with that name, then you probably arent into furniture from the Queen Anne and Chippendale periods (although he did wite a few other books, including You Can Whittle and Carve). Franklin Gottshall was one of
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posted at: 12:03am on 12-Nov-2013
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Installing Hardware with a Center Punch
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Thanks to a book I'm writing on campaign furniture, I've installed more brass hardware in the last two years than in my first 18 years of woodworking. As a result, I have become quite particular about how I install screws for hinges, pulls, corner protectors, hasps, locksets and so on. I've revisited a lot of
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posted at: 12:06am on 11-Nov-2013
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Tool Cabinet Grand Prize in Popular Woodworking Sweepstakes
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I spent a good part of the summer designing and building this simple looking cabinet, the cover project for the December 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. The issue should be on its way to subscribers in a week or two, and available on newsstands shortly after that. The cabinet hangs on the wall, is
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posted at: 12:16am on 09-Nov-2013
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Highly Recommended: Blue Spruce Joiner's Mallet
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Since leaving Popular Woodworking in June 2011, I have avoided writing tool reviews. In fact, I have been thrilled to focus my attention on other things. But I am coming out of retirement momentarily to discuss a tool that I have been waiting years, yes, years, for: the Blue Spruce Toolworks Joiner's Mallet.
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posted at: 12:03am on 07-Nov-2013
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Woodworking: Learn Something New Every Day
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One the greatest aspects of woodworking is that there are always new things to learn. When I began building furniture, I set my sights on a few complex projects which I figured I could build when I had gained experience. The closer I got to building those pieces, the more I knew how much I
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posted at: 12:03am on 07-Nov-2013
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A Clever (re)Discovery
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Im editing an article from Jeff Miller for the February issue, and, without giving too much away, it's a simple setup for cutting perfect tenons on curved and angled workpieces (and it also works gangbusters on straight shoulders). Jeff came up with this idea, then discovered a similar solution in Andr Roubos Lart du menuisier.
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posted at: 12:36am on 06-Nov-2013
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Fearless Furniture in Indiana, See Dale Barnard's Clock
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Greene & Greene never designed a tall case clock, but Dale Barnard, one of our authors, designed and built a clock in the style. The Indiana State Museum has included Dales clock in the current exhibit Fearless Furniture that runs until May 27, 2014 in Indianapolis. Dale was one of the eminent woodworkers featured in
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posted at: 12:10am on 02-Nov-2013
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New Book! ''Handsaw Essentials'' written by a lot of Woodworkers
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The newest book from Popular Woodworking Books, ''Handsaw Essentials'' has my name on the cover. But that's really a marketing move that you should ignore. The book is a quite good compilation of all the saw stuff that has appeared in Popular Woodworking and Woodworking Magazine during the last decade . There's great articles from
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posted at: 12:01am on 01-Nov-2013
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