Weekly Editorial

  • Calling All (Electronic) Woodworkers

    I don’t often promote the Woodworker’s Journal print magazine here in the eZine, but our November/December issue is really a magazine that any serious woodworker should own.

  • Something in the Air

    Rob waxes on about snowflakes in Minnesota (in October, no less) and attending woodworking shows.

  • You’re Making Us Blush

    When I asked you all what you thought of the eZine in my last missive, I knew you would be…

  • This Old Zine

    Rob is looking to spruce the Zine up a bit (twenty weeks on the web … that’s a few years in e-time, right?), so I want to know what you think might do it.

  • We Double Dare You

    Rob repeats his challenge to the Woodworker’s Journal audience to share their worst projects.

  • The Season is Upon Us

    As I write this editorial, I am on the plane to Chicago, to attend the National Hardware Show. For me, and many of my colleagues, this marks (along with the International Woodworking Fair in a couple of weeks) the official beginning of a new season of woodworking.

  • How Bad is Your Worst Project: A Contest

    Among the beautiful and practical pieces of furniture and cabinets I’ve created in more than 20 years of woodworking, I have also made some pretty silly — one (or one’s spouse) might even say stupid — woodworking projects.

  • Woodworkers Doing Good Work

    When you ask woodworkers what they like to build, like I did last issue… boy, oh, boy! The response has been not only huge, but helpful as well.

  • I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends…

    We’ve just celebrated the Fourth of July here in the U.S. of A., and so, my woodworking friends, you know…

  • The Beat Goes On

    We’ve barely got our new electronic woodworking pub off the ground (just five issues) and things are really starting to pop.