Popular Woodworking
Kreg Mortise Mate
Kreg Tool, known for their innovations in pocket hole jigs, recently launched their new loose tenon joinery jig, called the Mortise Mate.
1 min |
July - August 2025
Popular Woodworking
Finishing Schedule
Finishing figured wood is an intimidating thing. You have a special material and you want to apply a finish that is going to enhance the figure that's already there. Here is my oil-based approach to most curly woods.
1 min |
July - August 2025
COINage Magazine
If Pennies are Doomed, is the Nickel Next?
CALLS FOR THE NICKEL TO BE DISCONTINUED
4 min |
June - July 2025
COINage Magazine
MARKING MOMENTS IN TIME WITH PHYSICAL BITCOINS AND CRYPTOCURRENCY
SPECIAL OCCASIONS CAN BE RECOGNIZED WITH PRECISION
2 min |
June - July 2025
Popular Woodworking
Dust Collection Workstation
This dust collection cart houses a vacuum and cyclonic dust separator for an efficient, clean workstation.
8 min |
July - August 2025
Popular Woodworking
Pliers from Vampire Tools
I think that there are certain tools that everyone owes it to themselves to own a nice set of.
1 min |
July - August 2025
Popular Woodworking
Shaker Side Table
The late Thomas Moser popularized Shaker design. This side table is my ode to him and his contributions to the woodworking community.
9 min |
July - August 2025
Popular Woodworking
Jet JBS-18 Bandsaw
A bandsaw is a wonderful tool. It can make cuts that follow curves, cut joinery, size parts, and resaw material.
1 min |
July - August 2025
COINage Magazine
New Medals Honor Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington
The Jewish-American Hall of Fame issued art medals in May 2025 honoring philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, who appears along with his friend and associate Booker T. Washington, a prominent figure of the Progressive Era. These Renaissance-style high relief medals are the 56th in the longest continuing series of art medals in America.
2 min |
June - July 2025
Popular Woodworking
Harvey Compass ST-1500 Sliding Table
There are some tools that, on the surface, appear exorbitant. Sliding tables (or sliding table saws, for that matter) are one of those.
1 min |
July - August 2025
Popular Woodworking
Planting For The Future
The older I get, the more and more I've noticed a difference in myself. Among those differences have been my preferences for the time of year.
1 min |
July - August 2025
COINage Magazine
TOP 6 TEN CENTS
AN EXCEPTIONAL HALF-DOZEN EARLY DIMES
6 min |
June - July 2025
Popular Woodworking
Mullet Fits All Hose Kit
I was a bit skeptical when I saw the Mullet FitsAll Hose Kit.
1 min |
July - August 2025
Popular Woodworking
Convenient Benchtop Protection
My workbench is beautiful and I want to keep it that way, so I cover the top with builder's paper whenever I'm gluing or staining.
1 min |
July - August 2025
Popular Woodworking
Reviving The Shaper
This shaping powerhouse has fallen out of favor of router tables, but in some instances, it may be the better tool in your shop.
4 min |
July - August 2025
COINage Magazine
Innovate, Innovate, Innovate, The U.S. Mint Celebrates Innovation
Americans have always considered our country a nation of boundless innovations and innovators.
5 min |
June - July 2025
COINage Magazine
Q. David Bowers Award of 2025 Given at Central States Convention
One of the country’s most prominent numismatists received another prestigious honor.
1 min |
June - July 2025
COINage Magazine
Mentoring Talent Timothy Chen Receives 2025 Summer Seminar Scholarship
An honors college graduate who served internship positions at two major coin companies under the Professional Numismatist Guild’s (www.PNGdealers. org) nexGen Mentorship Program is the recipient of the PNG’s 2025 scholarship and is attending a week-long session of the American Numismatic Association (www.money.org) Summer Seminar in Colorado.
1 min |
June - July 2025
Popular Woodworking
Blue Spruce Micro Squares
Having one or two really nice squares is essential in the shop. Being able to check parts for square, and set up machines are some of the most frequent uses of mine.
1 min |
July - August 2025
Popular Woodworking
Silky-Smooth Polyurethane
Every woodworker I know uses water-borne polyurethane.
1 min |
July - August 2025
Popular Woodworking
Auxiliary Compressor Tank
My small air compressor cycled so often during use that the noise almost drove me crazy.
1 min |
July - August 2025
Popular Woodworking
Charging Cabinet
Build the perfect place to store and charge your growing collection of batteries and cordless tools.
8 min |
July - August 2025
Popular Woodworking
Winding Sticks
These simple tools are essential for dimensioning lumber by hand or machine.
4 min |
July - August 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
Making a SMOKEY QUARTZ INTAGLIO
Carving With a Master
5 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
Fashionable Mega-Bolos
Nature’s Wonders Turned into Bolo Ties
6 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
Is Earth Changing Shape Beneath Our Feet?
Beneath our feet, down deep, Earth seems to be chang-ing shape! Once believed to be a solid ball of iron and nickel surrounded by a super-hot liquid outer core, that inner core is proving more malleable than thought.
1 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
BIRTHSTONES: TRADITION AND TRANSITION
Gem-marketing strategies focus heavi-ly on personal dates and events in the lives of potential buyers—weddings, engagements, anniversaries, graduations and birthdays. Regarding the latter, birthstones—gemstones symbolically related to one’s birth month—are a major marketing tool.
3 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
SPELLBOUND
Jeff Rhonemus learned faceting in a 6-week course taught by the late Jerry Call in 2007. As he progressed, he wanted to make his own designs or simplify existing ones.
2 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
Camcorder Catches a Porch Pirate of a Different Sort
Meteorite caught red-handed making a splat!
1 min |
May 2025
Rock&Gem Magazine
A Brazen Theft of Cultural Heritage
The great Dutch gold heist!
1 min |