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Specialty Chisels For Your Shop

These five specialty chisels will be the perfect compliment to your bench chisels.

5 Must-Have Clamps For Your Shop

A well-equipped shop will have a variety of clamps for different situations. Here’s our favorites.

Bowl-Turning Accessories

These top-notch bowl-turning accessories will make your time at the lathe more enjoyable.

12v Drill Showdown

We take a look at six drills to see what sort of progress these tools have made in the past decade.

Splay-Leg Table

This small table is the perfect, elegant addition to any room and can easily be built in a weekend.

Jared Greene's File & Hammer Saw Works

Jared Greene has been making a name for himself in the hand tool world with his handmade back saws.

Tea Cabinet

The elegant arched case of this tea cabinet is a great way to practice bent lamination and showcase some unique wood.

A Great Glue Bottle Tip

WORKSHOP TIPS

Milling Lumber with a Chainsaw Mill

When it comes to milling lumber, chainsaw mills offer a low cost of entry, with some big capacities.

Maximize Your Dust Collection

Understanding what makes a dust collection system work and work well.

Drum Style Box with Pewter Insert

A textured pewter inlay elevates this elegant box to something that you'll be proud to display.

Understanding Cordless Tools

Demystifying volts, amp hours, and types of cordless tool motors.

Traditional Fumed Finish for White Oak

A simple approach to this classic finishing technique.

Limbert Style #239 Tabouret Side Table

This side table, designed by Charles Limbert in the early 1900's, features an octagon top, Arts and Crafts details, and traditional construction methods.

Technology in the Shop

Does adding a CNC to your shop make you less of a woodworker?

Watchmaker's Cabinet

Based on watchmaker and spool cabinets, this project is a great way to hone your hand tool skills.

Shop-made Grilling Tools

Become the master of the grill after you’ve built these shop-made grilling utensils.

TSC-200 Crosscut Sled

If you caught the last issue of Popular Woodworking, you might have noticed a photo or two in the cigar humidor article featuring a new crosscut sled. The TSC-200 Crosscut Sled from Infinity Tools is a pretty nifty little sled, and if my initial project or two with it are any indication, it will be a great asset to the shop.

Ridgid R4850 Planer

The already well-regarded Ridgid thickness planer just got an upgrade. Ridgid, the Home Depot exclusive brand, just announced an upgrade to their thickness planer. The new R4850 offers some great features that make it a good option for your shop.

A Bargain Honing Jig and How To Improve It

When I first learned how to sharpen, I bought a very simple and inexpensive honing jig made in England by Eclipse. Today, the same jig is widely available under many diff erent brand names and often costs less than $15. It works quite well—I’ve used mine for years— but I’ve made a few small refinements to it. The jig’s body is aluminum, so it’s very easy to modify using a file or disc sander.

Turning Hollow Forms

"With the Lyle Jamieson Hollowing Jig"

Shop-Made Outdoor Yard Games

Need a new yard game or two for your next get-together? Here’s three: Kubb, Ladder Golf, and Lawn Darts.

Patio Lounger

Try your hand at building a durable and stylish seat that’s fit for the great outdoors

Outdoor Finishing

A guide to three kinds of finish that shield wood from the weather.

Outdoor Kitchen

This outdoor kitchen keeps everything needed for an outdoor gathering close at hand.

How does Dremel's newest Rotary Tool stack up to one from 30 years ago?

When evaluating a new tool, there are two paths often taken—how does the tool function for its intended purpose, and how does it improve upon what came before it? When looking at the former, the new 8260 Cordless Smart Rotary Tool score a perfect 10! It’s powerful, the battery life exceeds expectations, and the app is well designed and thoughtful. Looking at the latter—specifically comparing it to a circa-1992 Dremel 395 I “borrowed” from my Dad in college (sorry, Dad!)—we start to find a more interesting narrative of progress.

Bosch GEX18V-5N Random Orbit Sander

Bosch recently introduced new 12V and 18V brushless cordless random orbit sanders. In addition to the latest brushless motor technology, Bosch paid special attention to lowering the center of gravity of the tool, allowing your hand to be closer to the material. We tested the 18V version and found it to be a great all-around sander.

Craftsman Style Mantel Clock

"This mantle clock is the perfect weekend project and packs in some great woodworking."

An Quick Look at the Glowforge Plus

"A glimpse at one woodworker’s dive into the CNC Laser world, and how she integrates it into her shop."

Reproducing a Classic

"Reproducing this Krenov Wall Cabinet is an excellent way to practice your joinery skills and dial in details to take your projects to the next level."