Issue 153 Fall 2025

The Fall 2025 issue features a mix of holiday gift projects, woodworking skill-builders and some great home improvement topics. With the giving season just around the corner, it’s the perfect time for woodworkers across the country to shine.

On the cover of the Fall 2025 issue: Rob Brown’s modern stylish side table.

-- What you need to know about drum sanders.

-- Rob Brown shares his top 10 most enjoyable aspects of woodworking.

-- Carl Duguay explains the difference between sapwood and heartwood, shoulder and rabbet planes, and bottom feed and gravity feed spray guns.

-- Rob Brown shows you how to make a pill box.

-- Carl Duguay explains how to expand your living space with a backyard patio.

-- Scotty Bennett describes how to customize a fireplace surround.

-- Stephen Gabe makes a woven wooden trivet.

-- James Jackson isn’t sure he’s cut out to do demolition work.

-- Steve Der-Garabedian reviews the SawStop T-glide advance rip fence.

-- We feature our list of Hot Products for 2025.

-- Mark Salusbury describes how to craft a few display stands.

-- Rob Brown’s daughter outlines how she made a photo string frame.

-- Charles Mak introduces you to the wonderful whimsical world of automata.

-- Rick Campbell shows you how to add colour to turned wooden vessels.

-- James Jackson reminisces about his barn board project.

-- Our Canadian Makers series profiles Ottawa, Ontario wood turner and furniture maker Harley Griffin.