Woodworking News

About a year ago, Google sold SketchUp to Trimble, and an updated version of our favorite woodworking design and planning software has just been released.

Greg Proude , John Flemming and Shawn Turple celebrated on the podium with Lucas Oil representative John Coyle at the Lucas Oil 150.

Three years ago, a visionary project called the Urban Tree Forge almost toppled with the death of founder John Metzler.

When I teach a woodworking class, I give my students free reign with my tools. It's a great way for them to get a feel for tools that are sharp and in order.

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A man took an Oscar Meyer wiener and pushed it into the blade of a table saw spinning 4,000 times per minute.

The inside of 1401 Vermont St., once just another abandoned warehouse in a city rife with them, now bursts with energy, thanks to what could be the most unique collection of businesses in a single structure in the city.

So inventor and amateur woodworker Steve Gass came up with a safety mechanism that can distinguish flesh from wood, stopping the saw blade within one-hundreth of a second when it senses that a finger may be in harms way.

About a month ago, I spent the afternoon at Phil Lowe's school and shop, taking photos for an upcoming Fine Woodworking article.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - John Leko's love of carpentry started more than a decade ago when he and his wife bought a condo and decided to do some remodeling at their new home.

This week on Shop Talk Live , our editors answer questions on everything from miter saws, planers, and bandsaws--to options for rehabbing a massive 12-ft. long workbench! Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answer questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking's biweekly podcast.

When German immigrants arrived in Central Texas, they set up communities and continued to use the skills they used in Europe-one of those skills being furniture-making. "It's an existence that's hard for us to fathom, with all the things we have," Carolyn Baer with the Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture said.

Gleaming steel knives sit in a red velvet-lined box. The curved three-inch blades are menacing, despite their size.

Your business and your individual life may be inseparable. This is often true of sole proprietors and small business owners, as well as freelancers who work in a variety of trades such as: As a business owner in this situation, you may use property you personally own to make a living.

For 61-year-old Roy Winders, there is no better hobby than donning his red woolen jacket and assuming the persona of the much-revered Captain Winders.

I'm in Fort Collins, Colo., for an in-house conference where editors and community leaders in all areas of our parent company, F+W Media , are getting together to share ideas, talk about the business etc.

David Santos is seen making toys at D & D Woodworks. He has donated more than 22,000 toys during the past seven years.

It's a job that keeps him busy in recent months. During a National Hardware Show media event here that showcased new Craftsman tools, including a line of revamped saw blades set to hit Sears stores in May, Kulig shared his mission: "We want to bring the woodworker back to Sears," Kulig said.

Now what is left of Bardo the Clown's estate will be put on the auction block. After 67 years as a clown, a sign painter and an artist, J.B. Holdren died in his trailer at age 93 on Jan.

Suspect Richard Snyder, 48, failed to notice a surveillance camera was pointing right at him when loading up a table saw and other woodworking equipment into his pickup truck.