Fine WoodworkingDedicated Workstations for Success
Instrument maker Aaron Keim shares the 8 different work stations he's created in his shop.
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Woodworking plans, hand-tool technique and workshop builds from woodworkers and furniture makers.
Fine WoodworkingFine WoodworkingFrom the Archives: The Tools and Techniques to Rive Wood
In this article from 1978, Drew Langsner demonstrates how to cleave wood to follow its long fibers to achieve stock with straight grain.
Fine WoodworkingMade You Look: Francis Trumble, Philadelphia Windsor Chair Maker, 1759
This video is a somewhat dramatic telling of the story of Francis Trumble, who built the chairs used at the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Fine WoodworkingEssential Bench Jigs: Saw Hook for Crosscuts and Miters
Safely make crosscuts by hand with this simple bench jig.
Fine WoodworkingIn Search of Shibui
Phil Evans explores the Japanese concept of shibui—often felt, but rarely spoken of in the West.
Fine WoodworkingSTL372: David Bedrosian Is a Clever Dude
Vic and Bridgid sit down with furniture maker David Bedrosian to talk about the literal ins and outs of dust collection, along with the versatility of a sliding table saw.
Fine WoodworkingFrom the Archives: Greenwood Work Holding
A shaving horse and low bench work excellently for holding riven and shaved parts.
Fine WoodworkingFine WoodworkingKumiko Landscape
At age 11, David Luckensmeyer moved with his family from California to rural New South Wales, where, despite a difficult but formative upbringing, he found refuge in woodworking.
Fine WoodworkingFinish Line: Spot Staining and Topcoating Walnut
Rob Hare demonstrates his methods for realistically spot staining sapwood in a slab of walnut.
Fine WoodworkingEmery Boards Sand Tight Corners
After cutting a square corner on the tip, an emery board becomes a great tool for removing squeeze-out from tight corners.
Fine WoodworkingMaster Class: Laying Out a Coopered Ellipse
Seth Rolland demonstrates how he determines the stave widths and angles for a non-uniform coopered lampshade.
Thanks From All of Us!
This issue marks the end of our Woodworker’s Journal Weekly e-newsletter. For more than two decades, it’s always been our hope that this free publication has brought you woodworking inspiration, a chuckle now and then, insights into the lives of fellow woodworkers or the…
Design Quietly and Simply
The most beautiful furniture, in my opinion, doesn’t try to embellish the wood to somehow make it more than what it is. It capitalizes on grain, texture and natural color. Perhaps that’s why some of the timeless designs are also the most visually simple. Tage Frid has this to…
Woodworker's JournalThoughts About Our Upcoming Sunset
Readers respond to our announcement that our last issue of Woodworker’s Journal Weekly will be July 15, 2025. – Editor “I will miss these weekly emails. I’ve learned a lot from them.” – Bob Sofchek “It’s a shame that I won’t be receiving a weekly newsletter from Woodworkers…
Hope to Hear from You!
My former boss and publisher, Rob Johnstone, often reminded our staff that whether it’s related to life or the magazine business, change is the only constant. Back in the early 2000s, one of those big changes regarded launching Woodworker’s Journal’s eZine—one of the first…
Training the Mind’s Eye
This weekend, I turned a large bowl from a piece of spalted maple. It wasn’t a complex shape—almost none of my bowls ever are. I’m not much for ornamentation. I prefer that the shape looks as organic as possible and that the bowl can serve a purpose. I’m not quite sure why I’ve…
Show Us Your Best Cutting Board!
We woodworkers sure do love to make cutting boards! They’re fun to build, offer loads of creative possibilities and make great gifts. And while we might not always be “on trend” with our project choices, we’ve really hit the sweet spot with cutting boards, because their…
Mother’s Day Gifts Gone but not Forgotten
My wife doesn’t make a big fuss about Mother’s Day gifts. But in 2001, she had a very specific request. It was our first spring in a new-to-us home with a large backyard patio. She wanted a couple of Adirondack chairs for Mother’s Day to spruce up that outdoor space. I was more…
Woodworker's JournalYour Favorite Tools
Two weeks ago, Chris shared why a Starrett combination square is one of his favorite tools . Several of you offer replies. – Editor “Regarding your most recent article, I keep in mind what my dad (a great woodworker and welder) always told me: Don’t buy cheap tools. I have…
Old Reliable
Do you have a favorite hand tool? I have quite a few I wouldn’t easily part with, and one of them is a Starrett combination square Starrett combination square I purchased about 25 years ago. It’s not that this square has sentimental value for me, although I’ve built many, many…
Muscle Memory
Last week, I finished filming a video in which I install Rockler’s new Rock-Steady Folding Table Saw Outfeed Kit on my 2005-ish Delta Unisaw. If you’re new to woodworking and don’t have an outfeed table, they make a world of difference when you’re wrangling long or heavy stock…
I Build ItMaking a Custom Ceiling with Lighting – Sunburst Pattern
-Black Friday // Cyber Monday- MAKER’S MOB BIGGEST SALE EVER CLICK HERE This project proves that the best laid plans don’t always guarantee success. I did a lot of planning before I started, but still managed to waste half a sheet of fairly expensive plywood. Some of that goes…
I Build ItWait… What? I Made a Small Parts Organizer with Drawers from Cardboard!
Just Released – Limited “200 Unit Run” The I-Build-It 6 Piece Screwdriver Set with Handmade Bench Block Holder: View Here! High lumber prices putting the brakes on your creative endeavours? Got too many small parts cluttering up your existence? Is cardboard becoming a real…
I Build ItSmall Shop Essential – How To Make a Low Cost Air Cleaner
This is an easy to make, compact and low cost way to effectively clean the air in your small shop. I bought the parts for mine for less than $100, and that includes the fan and the two filters. I mounted it on the ceiling pointing down toward my table saw to pump a supply of…
I Build ItEasy to Make Dust Collector for the DeWalt 735 Planer
It doesn’t get much easier than this, especially when you see how well this works. The Dewalt 735 planer is a very common model and it has the advantage of having a blower built in to push the shavings out, so this is a solution that will only work with that particular planer.
I Build ItMaking a $3000 Tool from Spare Parts and Scrap Wood – Full Build
LIMITED TIME My 9 Project Plan Bundle (LIMITED TIME): CLICK HERE – 70% OFF! I made this jointer using the cutter head from my old, broken thickness planer and scrap plywood. The other parts were salvaged or I had them already. I originally bought the motor to build a new table…
I Build ItMaking the Table Saw Fence YOU asked for / It Locks Front AND Back
LIMITED TIME My 9 Project Plan Bundle (Includes this Project): CLICK HERE – 70% OFF! While there’s nothing wrong with my older fence design, I thought that this one would be an interesting challenge – to make a self-squaring fence that locks on the back as well as the front.…
Shop Counter From Old Wood & Second Hand Parts
It’s a shop counter that I made recently for someone who was opening the shop. I used wood and metal pipes, old manometers, and other objects I bought on the junkyard.
I Build ItTen Years!
10 years old! In some ways, it’s hard to believe it’s been that long – time does that tricky thing as you get older and speeds up when you’d actually like to have more of it. And it seems that over the last half of those ten years it’s been accelerating at an ever faster rate. A…
I Build ItMaking A Preamp For An Accelerometer
I made a wooden project box n my last entry and in this one I’ll build the preamp that goes in it. The preamp is for an accelerometer – the ACH-01 – that’s used to measure vibrations. Good and bad. The accelerometer is a small block of plastic with a sensor inside and you fasten…
I Build ItWoodworking Step By Step
I occasionally get comments on my videos that go like this: “I’m a pretty good woodworker, but that (project) is beyond my ability.” And while I understand where that comes from, mainly because I used to think the same way, that’s the wrong mindset to have. Everything that looks…
Designing The Console Speakers
Since the console project was primarily about the woodworking, I thought I’d write a short entry here covering how I designed the speaker cabinets. First, let me tell you about the drivers. They are fullrange (with a whizzer cone) high efficiency 7″ with a neodymium magnet and I…