Rob Johnstone

  • Tell Your Top Tip

    Your woodworking tip — in the form of a video — could be a winner this award season.

  • Tiptop Birthday

    January 31st was my granddaughter’s third birthday. As you might expect, she was very excited about the whole thing, with…

  • Adapting to Change

    Rob’s recent birthday has him wondering what accommodations to aging fellow Boomers are making in their shops.

  • OK … It’s a Bit Nippy

    As Minnesota’s temperatures plummet (and his shop heat goes out), our publisher wonders what other woodworkers do about staying warm in the shop.

  • Using CA glue to repair broken bowl edge

    Fixing the Broken Rim of a Turned Bowl

    Rob Johnstone explores how cyanoacrylate glue can fix a turning mishap.

  • Go With the Flow

    For those of us making Christmas or other holiday presents, “it’s go time!” is the motto of the hour.

  • We’ve Got Your Back

    The sawdust is flying and projects are being completed in woodworking shops across the country (and for that matter, across the planet as well). The blend of joy and determination that is being expressed by gift makers is one that I share and look forward to every year.

  • What’s the Date?

    Well, it’s happened again — Thanksgiving is breathing down my neck and not one shop-made Christmas gift is ready. But fear not, I live for deadlines (even if that sounds a bit like an oxymoron), and I have a plan in my head for success.

  • A Salute to Veterans

    If you’ve been online at all lately, you have probably seen pictures of the poppy project at the Tower of…

  • It’s here! It’s here!

    Forgive me for getting a little over-the-top excited, but the new Woodworker’s Journal website that I mentioned in last eZine’s editorial is finally here – and it’s making me giddy.