Podcast #40: Three Hand Planes Every Shop Should Have
I asked associate editor Randy Maxey why hand planes are an important part of a modern woodworking shop? Here is what he told me: “I know a lot of people think I use hand planes just because I’m...
View ArticleWoodsmith Woodworking Seminar Podcasts
It’s time I finally addressed this topic. The seminar podcasts are NOT being discontinued. As you know, August Home Publishing has branched out into television. The Woodsmith Shop just started its...
View ArticleThe Spray Booth
The woodworking shop here at at August Home Publishing can be a very busy place. It’s where all of the projects for Woodsmith, Workbench, and ShopNotes are built as well as the props for the Woodsmith...
View ArticleClassic Cherry Bed Mod
Regular Woodsmith readers will recognize the Classic Cherry Bed in the photo. It complements several bedroom furniture projects that have been published by Woodsmith. But wait, something is not quite...
View ArticleNew Media Center in Woodsmith 180
We’ve offered several TV cabinet projects to our readers over the years. They’re handsome, sturdy, and… obsolete. The new flat screen TV’s don’t fit in the openings of the old projects. So this time,...
View ArticleBand Clamp Corner Protection
You can sharpen your woodworking skills with helpful tips and techniques from the editors of Woodsmith and ShopNotes magazines. Get a FREE tips sent to your email address each week! Got to Woodworking...
View ArticleInvisible Finish Repair
You can sharpen your woodworking skills with helpful tips and techniques from the editors of Woodsmith and ShopNotes magazines. Get a FREE tips sent to your email address each week! Got to Woodworking...
View ArticleFlush Cut Shield
You can sharpen your woodworking skills with helpful tips and techniques from the editors of Woodsmith and ShopNotes magazines. Get a FREE tips sent to your email address each week! Got to Woodworking...
View ArticleA Lipped Box Lid
You can sharpen your woodworking skills with helpful tips and techniques from the editors of Woodsmith and ShopNotes magazines. Get a FREE tips sent to your email address each week! Got to Woodworking...
View ArticleSanding Disc Alignment Tool
You can sharpen your woodworking skills with helpful tips and techniques from the editors of Woodsmith and ShopNotes magazines. Get a FREE tips sent to your email address each week! Got to Woodworking...
View ArticleMagnetic Stop Block
You can sharpen your woodworking skills with helpful tips and techniques from the editors of Woodsmith and ShopNotes magazines. Get a FREE tip sent to your email address each week! Go to...
View ArticleFinishing Shelves
You can sharpen your woodworking skills with helpful tips and techniques from the editors of Woodsmith and ShopNotes magazines. Get a FREE tip sent to your email address each week! Go to...
View ArticleGoing Nationwide: The Woodsmith Shop TV Show
If you’re a subscriber to Woodsmith or ShopNotes magazine, or live in the state of Iowa, you probably already know that we’ve been busy around here. We’ve been working hard on a new TV show that has...
View ArticleFall 2007 Woodworking Seminars
Every fall for the last 15 years or so, the Woodsmith Store has ended the month of September with two events — the annual Fall Fair and the start of the woodworking seminar season. This year is no...
View ArticleWoodworkers Forums Are a Huge Resource
Any day of the week, and at almost any time of the day, you can find a couple of hundred people comparing notes, exchanging ideas, swapping tall-tales and generally sharing their love of woodworking...
View ArticleOne Reader’s Interpretation of the Woodsmith Kitchen Table
As an assistant editor of Woodsmith and ShopNotes magazines, I always enjoy seeing how our readers go about building the projects we write about. In Woodsmith No. 167, we featured a Tall Kitchen Table...
View ArticleTop 5 Most Influential Woodworkers
Garrett French is at it again over at the ToolCrib.com blog. He’s compiled a list of the “5 Most Influential Woodworkers” based on input from folks at a couple of forums, including the WoodNet forum....
View ArticleChoosing and Using Glues
I received an email this morning asking a very basic, open-ended question: “What is the best adhesive to bond hardboard to plywood?” My quick answer was to use a yellow woodworkers glue. I also...
View ArticleReaders’ Gallery
Bill Hendrick of Ankeny, IA has sent more great photos of his work for our gallery. This is his first furniture project and it turned out great. I’d love to post more photos of your projects to our...
View ArticleThe Day Woodsmith Almost Died!
Yesterday, Joel posted his Top 10 Woodworking Tips to WoodworkingSeminars.com. His first tip had to do with fire hazards, so I told him a story from the “good old days” of Woodsmith magazine, and he...
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