Outfitting Your Woodworking Shop
Loose cords can be a hassle, but they don't have to be. Untangle your cords with common office supplies.
The convenient shop telephone is even more practical with this reader's tip.
Take a page from new moms -- liquids leave bottles faster with a little heat. We show you how it comes in handy.
What was that jig for? With this easy system, you'll remember what project it's from and how it works.
Your miter gauge can be your best friend in the workshop, so keep it in top-notch working condition with this seven-step maintenance plan.
These three quick mounting methods for your small tools and accessories free up space on your workbench
What tools does a beginning woodworker need, and how should he or she acquire them? From a poll of WOODmagazine staff members, we assembled a basic tool kit.
Before you attach new plywood to the top of your workbench when it wears out, our expert offers an alternative that won't put holes in your workbench.
See the differences with these surefire workshop lighting strategies. (PDF download)
See if your shop has the power it needs for the woodworking you want to do.
If you use a wet-wheel grinder but detest the mess of draining the old water, take heart, we have a solution.
Shortly after assuming his duties as our new project builder, Chuck Hedlund made it a priority to flatten the benchtops in the WOOD® magazine shop.
Want to handle materials more easily? For these and many other problems, the solution just might be as simple as putting something on wheels.
Thinking about adding an extension to a tablesaw or other machine in your shop? If so, let us show you how to align it to perfection.
Need help planning a new workshop? Or maybe you've got the urge to reorganize the one you have now. Either way, you've come to the right place.
See how reader George Roskopf of Pewaukee, Wis., used a pipe clamp to create an economical vise for his workbench.
Ready to set up a shop of your own? We mapped out three typical small-space shops, then came up with surefire strategies to beat the space squeeze.
Shopping for power-carving bits, you learn one thing quickly: They come in astonishing variety.
Make your benchtop do double duty with this simple mounting--board system.
Need perfectly parallel dovetail or grooves, give this reader-submitted jig a try.
High humidity causing problems in your shop? Create your own rust retardant with cat litter and old nylon stockings.
For accuracy, some tablesaw jigs rely on their miter bar's no-slop fit in the miter slot, and that's sometimes tricky. But it's easy enough to make an adjustable miter bar for a custom fit.
A clothespin provides the heart of this simple device that safely pins down small parts when crosscutting at the mitersaw.
As a frugal woodworker looking for ways to put pieces of scrap material to work, I designed this adjustable work support to provide a helping hand when working with long material at my mitersaw or drill press.
Build a simple jig that uses your dial caliper to do the duty.
If you can't tell the difference between a board of white ash and one of red oak, here's some help for common North American hardwoods.
Don't know a burl from a bow, a jig from a collet? Here's a glossary of some woodworking terms guaranteed to help you sound like a pro.
