Popular Woodworking
Spend Less Time Sharpening
Less time sharpening means more time woodworking.
1 min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
Made By Hand — Embrace the Charm
Over the course of my woodworking career, I've waged an internal struggle-a balance between striving for perfection and getting a project to a point where it's acceptable, where any flaws are visible only to me.
2 min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
Woopsie Daisy
An updated, corrected photo captions for our \"Beyond The Ropes\" article from June's issue, by Yoav Liberman.
1 min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
Basic Relief Carving Techniques
A few simple tools, and basic technique will result in a great looking carving.
8 min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
Carved Boarded Box
This utilitarian box is made of red oak and is a great exercise in practical woodworking
8 min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
Walrus Oil Logger's Hand Salve and Bug Repellent
For years, I've relied on Walrus Oil for anything that comes into contact with food-cutting boards, rolling pins, and more.
1 min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
Harvey Shark S-10 Dust Guard
I have a love-hate relationship with dust collection arms.
1 min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
See-Through Chisel Holder
Here's a chisel rack that protects those sharp edges and allows me to see the right chisel for the job at hand.
1 min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
Make Things. From Wood.
When creating this book, I took my mind back to the younger me and what I wish I'd been told.
10+ min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
Kreg's New lonic Drive Cordless Tools
Last year, just ahead of Woodworking in America, Kreg Tool introduced its new Ionic Drive line of cordless power tools.
1 min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
Omtech 60W Autofocus MOPA Fiber Laser
Over the past few years, I've developed a growing interest in adding lasers to the shop-especially fiber lasers.
1 min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
Corner Molding Vise Pads
I've found that sections of 1\" corner molding are ideal for padding the jaws of a machinist's vise.
1 min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
Notched Pressure Pads
These pads work particularly well if you like using handscrew clamps.
1 min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
Paint-stick Files
When you next buy paint, ask for a few extra free stirring sticks.
1 min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
Mid-Century Modern Table
This table blends clean lines with clever book storage-proving good design is as functional as it is beautiful.
10 min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
Wave Reversible Glueline Bit From Microjig
Glue-line router bits aren't new.
1 min |
August 2026
Popular Woodworking
Whiskey Cabinet
This finger-joint cabinet is versatile enough to be utilized in any room in the house, and packs in a lot of great woodworking techniques.
8 min |
August 2026
Rock&Gem Magazine
THIS SUMMER, PICK STONY FLOWERS
Several rock and mineral formations look for all the world like flowers frozen in stone: chrysanthemum stones, flower agate, desert roses and poppy jasper.
6 min |
June 2026
Rock&Gem Magazine
Argyle Diamonds
When the Argyle mine in Western Australia closed in 2020, it marked the end of one of the most remarkable chapters in modern mineral history.
2 min |
June 2026
Rock&Gem Magazine
BAT CAVE JASPER
Perched in a cave high above Ochoco Lake, Bat Cave jasper has quietly earned its place among other notable Oregon jaspers.
3 min |
June 2026
Rock&Gem Magazine
Colombian Emeralds
The Green Fire of Muzo & Chivor
6 min |
June 2026
Rock&Gem Magazine
Hexagonal Diamonds?
Only available from the lab!
1 min |
June 2026
Rock&Gem Magazine
Grandpa's Agate Diggings
Finding Moss Agate on the Grande Ronde River
7 min |
June 2026
Rock&Gem Magazine
While the World Drowns, Greenland Rises
With a mile-thick ice sheet covering 80% of its surface, Greenland accounts for a fifth of current sea level rise as that ice melts on an increasingly warm Earth.
1 min |
June 2026
Rock&Gem Magazine
Does This Fossil Reveal a Whole New Kingdom of Life?
They would have looked strange in the so-called Rhynie chert landscape of the ancient Scottish Highlands 407 million years ago.
1 min |
June 2026
Rock&Gem Magazine
Crystals Tickle Our Inner Ape
Scientists have long found crystals in caves and other places containing evidence of occupancy by our ancestors going back 700,000 years.
1 min |
June 2026
Rock&Gem Magazine
Discovering Who Ate Who in Jurassic Park
150-million-year-old Jurassic sediments of the Morrison Formation at Colorado's Dry Mesa Dinosaur Quarry are rich in dinosaur remains.
1 min |
June 2026
Rock&Gem Magazine
Wandering Wedges Far from Home
They've been considered geological curiosities: islands, like Zabargad in the Red Sea or Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, composed of continental rock surrounded by very different oceanic rock.
1 min |
June 2026
Rock&Gem Magazine
MODERN MINERAL Exploration
From Gold Pans to Artificial Intelligence
5 min |
June 2026
Rock&Gem Magazine
MINERAL COLLECTING and ROCK & GEM
Evolving Together for 55 Years
5 min |