Wood Craft Now

Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking…

This was no ordinary modern rake you’d expect Buckingham Palace to order by the dozen, but an all-wooden tool that look…

A Specialty Plane For Everyday Use. A tool that whispers of simpler times, of hearth fires and candlelit evenings. It’s…

Tool: HD1900 NXT Vac Shop Now Manufacturer: RIDGID MSRP: $209 Heavy-duty shop cleanup is where a shop vacuum really ear…

A new twist on an old method of applying shellac. You’ve spent weeks, or months producing that perfect table from a ver…

Thinking through the opportunities available to us. A couple in their late 70s with a project loosely sketched on paper…

Tool: Joinery Sled Shop Now Manufacturer: Woodpeckers MSRP: $369.99 Most people think of a table saw primarily as a too…

When turning, I like to have all my supplies close at hand, ready for use.  I use an index card box to store and organi…

In this episode of the ShopNotes Podcast, Phil, Logan, and John cover everything from vintage woodworking tools to the …

Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things I’ve seen in the woodworking…

These two new jacks do everything the older ones do but incorporate some welcome clamp characteristics. A year or two a…

No more lifting your heavy tools like mortisers. To store it, just tip it over. When I make mortises, my benchtop morti…

Emptying my dust collector has never been something I looked forward to. For years I wrestled with the unit to empty th…

An outdoor game that’s part bowling, part horseshoes, part chess—and totally fun for all ages.  If you enjoy picnics by…

Here are the online extras for the August 2026 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Interested in having the magazine…

The (almost) perfect compromise. Most woodworkers do their finishing with one of two wipe-on/wipe-off finishes: oil/var…

Slowly removing the barriers to start building. Post and rung chairs can seem intimidating to many: the angles, the ste…

Machined mortises are quick to cut and accurate. My old friend from college is a physicist who launches rockets into th…

A lunchtime woodworking break yields more than a nice saw handle. In 2013, I took Matt Cianci’s Build a Backsaw weekend…