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STL198: How much lumber is too much lumber?
September 13, 2019

John, Barry, and Ben discuss workbench stretchers and basement shops vs. garage shops, and a new chapter begins in the round vs. square mortise debate
The Process of Planning a Project
September 12, 2019

For Mike Farrington, sometimes planning a project is the most difficult part of woodworking
Don’t knock the last person’s work
September 11, 2019

Some people criticize others’ work to make themselves look better in the eyes of prospective customers. But Nancy Hiller argues that this is a dangerous way of doing business.
7 Things I Learned While Doing Youth Turning Workshops
September 9, 2019

At the 2019 American Association of Woodturners (AAW) Symposium in Raleigh, N.C., I got to participate as an instructor in the Youth turning workshops area. My first demonstration was a…
Benchmarks: Chris Gochnour
September 6, 2019

In the late 1980s, I found myself among the crowded bookshelves and narrow aisles of what was at the time Salt Lake City’s most iconic bookstore, the Cosmic Aeroplane. An…
Hand Tools for the Making
September 4, 2019

Irving Sloane makes hand tools for several reasons: to recapture the quality of days gone by, to meet the demands of special applications, and to improve on the designs available from mass-producers.
The Doric Order – Classic Architecture in SketchUp
September 4, 2019

Rather than simply read a book on classical architecture, Tim Killen set out to create a Classical Order in SketchUp
The Thing with Finish
September 3, 2019

Vic Tesolin doesn't have a favorite finish, he uses the one that is the most appropriate... which is almost always shellac
STL197: Clean miters that are actually strong
August 30, 2019

Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss various case miter options, veneering curved legs, buying old machinery, painting MDF, and their all time favorite tools of all time… for this week
When Spelching Makes You Feel Good
August 29, 2019

Most of the time, we take measures to avoid spelching, but as Megan Fitzpatrick demonstrates, once in awhile, spelching can help

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