A wood-burning fireplace isn’t great for the planet or your health. But there are things you can do to make your fireplace better.

Build a trending DIY stackable wooden Christmas tree with basic materials! In this step-by-step woodworking tutorial, I’ll show you how to make a nesting wooden Christmas tree using basic tools, ...

Tall timber buildings are on the rise. Design teams around the world are taking advantage of ever-evolving mass timber technologies, resulting in taller and taller structures. Building off our recent ...

We were pleased to report in “Homemade Motor Fuel Through Wood Gasification” that our experiments concerning the use of wood scraps for vehicle motor fuel showed promise. But little did we realize, at ...

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POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...