Attractive design stores all your tools in a small space
Choose wisely and your first set of tools could be your last
Choosing and configuring a system to fit your needs, with guidelines on capacities and suggestions for ductwork layout
Invest new life into old tools with shopmade handles
Oscillating drums smooth curves quickly and easily
Plan smart, and you’ll know what to tell the electrician
Is there a place for them in furniture-making shops?
These fast-cutting saws are affordable and razor-sharp out of the box
Woodworking entrepreneur rekindled an interest in serious hand tools
Finally achieving a fully-stocked shop is memorable, but to bypass the work join our contest for a shop full of new tools
Light-weight lathes from Rikon and Steel City Tool Works a good size for furniture making
Make it affordable by finding a company that recycles old barns
Create a custom handle for your socket chisel in ten steps and practice basic hand tool use along the way
Round or square? Find out what's the difference between each version of these workbench accessories
Essential jig ensures square cuts
Q: I don’t understand why people leave a layout line marking the tails on a dovetail joint. Other layout lines and marks never show on a finished piece, so why…
Q: I recently changed the knives on my 6-in. jointer and set them level with the outfeed table. Now the jointer leaves boards slightly concave in the middle. Do I…
Q: I want to use some live-edge boards in my work. What’s the best way to strip the bark to reveal the surface below? Amir Fahzad, Negril, None A: There’s…
Q: I recently bought a spalted maple pen blank. One end was fairly soft and punky, so I tried to stabilize it with cyanoacrylate glue. But that generated a wisp…
Q: I work in a basement shop, where I use a small, noisy, “pancake” air compressor. Can I enclose it in a cabinet to soften the noise? Jeff Dinardo, Concord,…
Q: About 15 years ago, I made an oak countertop that I coated with gym-floor finish. Now it’s time to refinish the wood. Should I use some form of polyurethane…
Convert a low-angle plane simply by changing blades
Gregg Lipton turned 1860s era water-powered sawmill into a dream shop
Historic mill in Cumberland, Maine, now home to a contemporary furniture maker and his shop
Explore the anatomy and uses of an oscillating spindle sander
An alternative to the western dovetail saw, the lesser-known pull saw is versatile and produces a thinner kerf
Hand tool scion Tom Lie-Nielsen talks about the evolution of his company in a one-on-one interview
View the complete list of tools included in our Complete Woodworking Shop giveaway contest
Two flutes or one, spiral or straight, bearing guided? Discover the best bits for any routing task.
Take a tour of the winning benches from our review and find out why we picked them
