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Working with lumber suppliers, last-minute projects, big church doors, and book fair projects.

Check out these 4 reader-submitted tips from Woodsmith Issue 274! Get tips for digital honing, pinning, scribing, and paint storage.

Tenoned dowels make for unique stretchers and legs on a variety of projects. Creating that tenoned end requires this method.

The finish will fail eventually. But projects age with use and time, and I’ve decided to accept (embrace?) that in my decision-making.

A recap of Hand Tool Haven, upcoming woodworking events, Season 20 of the Woodsmith Shop TV Show, and Kreg’s new cordless loose tenon machine.

The first tool on the list is the P635, a pneumatic pin nailer from Grex sized for 23-gauge headless pins up to 13⁄8" long.

Here we’ll be looking at a few techniques for fixing up old hand tools, but the primary focus will be on the products and tools used to complete the tasks.

There are plenty of options for workbench toppers, but there are four kinds I’ll showcase here.

A CNC is a great addition to a shop that can actually enhance your hand tool experience by taking care of material removal and rough shaping.

Make safe, accurate cuts on small workpieces with this adjustable pull saw miter box. Designed for precision and control, it’s a simple shop-made jig that delivers clean 45° and 90° cuts every time.

I cut many of my tapers at the band saw, as you can see in the legs I cut in the photos below.

The photos above show how to cut compound curves — that is, curves across multiple faces.

Finding a woodworking fix for invasive Callery pear trees and catching up with the Woodsmith Shop and Popular Woodworking.

To prevent a board from pushing itself up at the middle or on the ends, I use the hold-down you see here.

Carving is a unique joy in woodworking. The subject of this issue’s book review is Whittling Wildlife by Peter Benson.

A common expression for woodworking is “working with your hands.” This means ergonomics in our shop should come into sharper focus.

The table saw is one of the most-used tools in the shop. For this issue, we’ll take a dive into two table saw blades offered by Grizzly.

Woodpeckers' “Ultra-Shear” line of table saw blades has received a recent addition.

More on callery Bradford pears, leather projects for woodworkers, and event updates.