Weekly Editorial

  • Free Plans!

    One of the most common questions I receive is “do you have a plan that will teach me how to make a (fill in the blank)”? I’ve been asked how to build projects ranging from birdhouses to windmills and everything in between.

  • 25 Years and Going Strong!

    Woodworker’s Journal is celebrating its 25th anniversary in the upcoming September/October 2001 issue.

  • We’ve Gone Finishing

    Rob offers an apology (of sorts) for the slow summer woodworking season.

  • Focus Like a Laser

    In our last eZine, I had the opportunity to tell you about Craftsman’s new laser guided miter saw. A good many of you took me to task on my assertion that this was the first miter saw to feature such a gizmo as a standard feature.

  • Help us Celebrate 25 years of the Woodworker’s Journal

    Woodworker’s Journal print magazine is about to celebrate our own 25th anniversary and the question “What changes have the last 25 years brought us in woodworking”, has been much discussed around here.

  • Email Smack-Down

    When I asked you what your principal interests were outside of woodworking, curiosity was my prime motivator. Well, just as curiosity killed the cat, it can really put the smack-down on an unsuspecting editor.

  • Stock and Roll … Overlapping Interests

    I know you like to work with wood, but I bet you do other things, too. Recently, I found out Ellis Walentine loves to play the guitar. Me, too!

  • Sawdust or Prozac

    I must confess that, between creating an eZine and putting together a magazine, the time actually left to make sawdust is way too limited.

  • Big Projects, Huh?

    Well, little did I know that a query about your biggest woodworking projects would bring such a huge response.

  • Bigger Is Better…Right?

    What I want to know is this: what is the biggest piece of woodworking you’ve ever done?