Before it fell apart and before the main editors left, they put together a beginner's guide to woodworking, including a starter tool set and a few projects.  Now it appears the guide is in book form and for sale, but the PDF version is still around and free.
https://www.pdfdrive.com/manual-popular-woodworking-magazine-e8945999.html

 

And a lot of the projects are still out there, as they continued for several years after the PDF came out 
https://www.popularwoodworking.com/i-can-do-that/

and some project downloads based on articles
https://www.popularwoodworking.com/free-woodworking-downloads/

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Can Do That Manual Popular Woodworking ebook.pdf I Can Do That! Woodworking Projects - Updated and Expanded ( PDFDrive.com ).pdf

Great links!  Thanks Keith.

9 minutes ago, Ron Dudelston said:

Great links!  Thanks Keith.

 

X2!

Nice little tool rack in the download by Chris Shwarz. Here is a pic and a copy and paste of his intro to the build.

 

"BY CHRISTOPHER SCHWARZ It’s good to keep your tools protected (think: tool chest). But it’s also good to heep them handy (think: at arm’s reach). My favorite way to accomplish both goals is a stout tool rack. I’ve made many tool racks since I became a woodworker, most of them crude affairs that were cobbled together in a few minutes. I’ve always wanted a rack that both looks good and is easy to build. Then, while browsing a French book on vintage handplanes, I saw it. In a 19th-century engraving of a French workshop, the back wall was covered with a rack very much like this one. Finding it and drawing it to scale were the hard parts. Building it took just a few hours."