Roy Underhill's Nail Cabinet, a Free Plan
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After setting up shop with your workbench and tool chest (or cabinet), the next project to build for your shop is a nail cabinet, a traditional way to hold fasteners and all the little bits of hardware woodworkers accumulate. Nail cabinets were a common feature of early shops, whether you built furniture or shod
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February Digital Issue, Read it, Free
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We had a wee spot of trouble getting a good file uploaded to the server and service that sends out the digital issue, and due to the holiday break, we wont be able to resend a proper download link out to subscribers until January. I dont want to make you wait that long. SoIm
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posted at: 12:16am on 24-Dec-2013
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The New Bosch CM10GD 10" Dual-Bevel Glide Miter Saw
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Bosch has done it again, only smaller. Its new 10″ dual-bevel glide miter saw has more in common with its big brother than just a blue motor housing. In 2011 Bosch changed the face of miter saws with the GCM12SD 12″ Glide miter saw (read Glen Hueys review here) which takes up less shop
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4 Tricks For Flattening French Benchtops
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One of the gripes I hear about French workbenches is that the benchtops are difficult to flatten because of the end grain protruding through the top. I don't buy it. Here are a few simple tricks that deflate that argument. 1. Start with "Stop Shavings", when I flatten a French benchtop, the first thing I
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posted at: 12:01am on 22-Dec-2013
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Cracked Curly Cherry
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Sometimes, no matter how diligent we are, defects creep into our projects. Often were the cause and other times the defects are beyond our control. Or are they? Cherry is often rather brittle and the fibers occasionally fracture while the log is still standing. So it came as no surprise as I worked the curly
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posted at: 12:00am on 21-Dec-2013
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A Cousin to the Milkman's Workbench
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An eagle-eyed reader spotted this small benchtop that looks like the bigger Danish brother to the portable Milkman's Workbench I wrote about in the June 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. This benchtop was made by LEVARD, a company in Denmark that still manufactures workbenches. I've seen LEVARD workbenches in Europe and even the United
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posted at: 12:08am on 20-Dec-2013
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Antediluvian Magazine Extras
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With the recent release of our eleventy-billion-years DVD (OK, its 19 years, and more than 9,000 pages, plus it includes Glen D. Hueys Finishes that Pop video), Ive been getting questions about where the old extras can be found. (The actual title of the new DVD is Popular Woodworking Magazine: 1995-2013.) Before the flood of
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posted at: 12:08am on 20-Dec-2013
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Make a Decorative Star with Paul Sellers
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There's something challenging about simplifying complexities that pulls something out of me. Years ago, a young apprentice I worked with was jumping through many hoops to make faceted stars for inlaying. Fingers and sticks inches from the chop saw blade gave me the willies. Of course you can set up machines to do this safely,
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posted at: 12:02am on 19-Dec-2013
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Video Short with Matt Cianci
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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: 12:06am on 18-Dec-2013
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Figured Lumber & the Gentle Art of Furniture Making
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Getting started on a project is to me the most exciting time. I get to play with the design, dig through piles of lumber looking for just the right stock and contemplate all the little choices that need to made along the way. For my current project (which will appear in the April issue of
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posted at: 12:02am on 17-Dec-2013
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Pictures/Words/Thousands
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This weekend, I read that the British Library has uploaded to Flickr Commons images from books and periodicals from the 17th-19th centuries, as part of the Unseen Illustrations project. They are available for use and repurpose in any way. Ive had time only to look at a few pages worth of images; there are 10,200
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Workshop: Even the Blotchy Stuff: Staining & Finising Wood Without Fear
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Jerome Bias, the joiner at Old Salem (in Winston-Salem, N.C.), sent us a press release about a cool two-day finishing/color theory workshop he's organized for February 8th and 9th, 2014, at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA). They still need a few participants for the class to happen, so if youre in the
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posted at: 12:02am on 17-Dec-2013
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Dyed by My Own Hand
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When I finish my pieces, I use restraint when adding stains or dyes. Most woods look best (to my eye) with some shellac, lacquer and maybe a little colored wax in the pores. But when I do color wood, Im a fan of the W.D. Lockwood dyes, which are usually found packaged as J.E. Moser
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posted at: 12:00am on 16-Dec-2013
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A Tribute to the Patron of the Hand Tool World
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One of the unseen forces in the modern renaissance of hand tool manufacturing is Fred West, a woodworker from West Chester, Pa. Well, to be more precise, you might not know who Fred is, but anyone who makes or sells hand tools in North America knows him on sight. Fred is clearly fascinated by tools
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posted at: 12:08am on 15-Dec-2013
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2013 PWM Compilation CD Now Available (& a Top-10 List)
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Just in time for a last-minute Christmas gift (probably for yourself, if youre reading this blog), we have all seven issues of Popular Woodworking Magazine from 2013 on CD. (Place your order by Friday, Dec. 13, if you need it by the 25th) You can read the back-cover copy on the store site
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posted at: 12:02am on 13-Dec-2013
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The Fear-Love Spectrum of Finishing
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Every time I purchase lacquer at a professional paint store, I have the following conversation. Me: Could you put that gallon in the paint-mixing machine for a couple minutes? That will save me some time. Employee: I'll do it, but you won't like it. You'll create bubbles in the finish. Me: I'll risk it.
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posted at: 12:01am on 12-Dec-2013
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February 2014 Preview
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Weve just about finished loading the online extras for the February 2014 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, so take a look at whats coming up. The issue will be sent to digital subscribers on or around Dec. 13, and begin showing up for print subscribers around December 20. Single issue sales will be available
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posted at: 12:01am on 12-Dec-2013
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Shop Stool Build-Off from Chris Wong
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Eleven months ago, two planemakers decided to each build a scrub plane simultaneously and share progress pictures along the way. It was later dubbed the Scrub Plane Build-Off. The two planemakers were Scott Meek and me. The Inspiration On Saturday, I was tidying up in the shop and noticed that my shop stool was in
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posted at: 12:01am on 12-Dec-2013
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Congrats to our Festool/PWM Sweepstakes Winner
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Brian Denmeade, of Columbiana, Ohio, is the lucky winner of a Festool Kapex compound miter saw and Festool CT 26 dust extractor. Brian has been woodworking for 35 years; he enjoys making furniture for his family. You can see a small sample of his work below. Congratulations to Brian.The post Congrats to our Festool/PWM Sweepstakes Winner appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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posted at: 12:26am on 11-Dec-2013
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Blue Tape Improves Your Screwing
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I'm installing 12 hinges today on a collapsible bookcase and about half of them are in tight quarters where no drill can go, and screwdrivers are no picnic, either. To make the job easier, I like to cut the screw threads in the pilot holes before assembling things. And because I have 72 screws to
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posted at: 12:00am on 10-Dec-2013
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The Anarchist's Gift Guide, Day 8
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As a furniture-maker, turning was always an uphill battle for me. Every turning tool requires a different touch and a different sharpening approach. The problem was that I never practiced enough to keep my skills up. So every time I picked up a skew, I was a baby turner again. A few years ago I
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posted at: 12:07am on 09-Dec-2013
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The Anarchist's Gift Guide, Day 7
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The last two items on my list are for woodworkers who have been very good this year. They are a bit more expensive than the other items on my list, but they are excellent tools. Of those last two items, the first is the Saddle-Tail from Sterling Tool Works, a one-man toolmaking company in Maryland.
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posted at: 12:05am on 07-Dec-2013
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Video Short with Mary May
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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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Use SketchUp to Preview Proportions
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Of all the variables of design, context is the easiest to miss. That is one of the powerful things about using SketchUp, you can easily compare one piece to another, add a human figure to the model or place the piece in a room setting. Seeing is believing and knowing is better than guessing. Yesterday
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posted at: 12:05am on 07-Dec-2013
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Proportion Problems Solved With SketchUp
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Im in the early planning stages for an upcoming project build for Popular Woodworking magazine. The project will be a reproduction of a wardrobe cabinet from the early 1900s and I was trying to decide between three likely candidates. I thought that I had a decision made, but as I worked on the SketchUp model
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posted at: 12:36am on 06-Dec-2013
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Fulfill Their Destiny
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With turkey day behind us, were heading full-force into Christmas. Many evergreens have been cut, most of them many months ago, to become holiday trees that we decorate. For me, this is a yearly reminder about an episode of the television show Friends. In an episode around Christmas, Phoebe explains that all trees,
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posted at: 12:00am on 05-Dec-2013
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If, like me, you think every year at about this time, I really ought to get started on making some Christmas gifts Tom Iovino at Toms Workbench can help. Hes compiling nice projects that, and this is important, can be built quickly (because I certainly dont recommend building a spice chest in three
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posted at: 12:02am on 04-Dec-2013
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The Anarchist's Gift Guide, Day 5
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OK, I'm going to sound like I have a "man crush" on Joel Moskowitz with this blog entry. But when I think about the simplest inventions in my lifetime that have changed my work, the Gramercy holdfast is pretty much at the top of my list. For just $35 you can get a pair of
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posted at: 12:00am on 03-Dec-2013
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The Anarchist's Gift Guide, Day 6
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I cannot give you the gift of better eyesight in the shop because, oh, wait, I actually can. Speaking as someone who has had pitiful eyesight since first grade, I have always looked for ways to improve my marking tools. Without a doubt, the one tool that has improved my game more than any other
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posted at: 12:00am on 03-Dec-2013
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The Hegemonist's Gift Guide
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Yes, Im poking fun at Chris Schwarz and his Anarchists Gift Guide, but also at ourselves (in a tiny nutshell: a hegemonic government is one in which imperial dominance (the corporation) over subordinate states (us and others) is regulated by threat of forcesuch as, one could presume, a pink slip).* Moving on: Below youll find
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posted at: 12:00am on 03-Dec-2013
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The Anarchist's Gift Guide, Day 3
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We woodworkers work hard to put stuff together. But we suck eggs when it comes to taking things apart. Every woodworker, no matter how skilled, needs an "iron crow." It's a thin-bladed pry bar that can actually get inside of cabinets and lever parts apart. I used to have one made from an
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posted at: 12:01am on 01-Dec-2013
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