Woodworking How-To
Learn how to turn a Toy Top on a lathe. WOOD magazine's Brian Simmons shows you step by step the techniques and tools needed.
Clean, modern drawers with precision reveals are just a few steps away.
These super-accurate layout helpers earned a permanent place in the WOOD® magazine shop.
Every wood species, and even individual workpieces of the same species, can react differently to steam bending. Start with these best practices and then let experience be your guide.
I was building a corner cabinet when I realized my workbench wasn’t quite wide enough for the project.
Commercial presses cost beaucoup bucks. So I came up with this low-dough version for gluing up segmented turnings.
It’s always a time-consuming exercise to get a support table to match the height of my workstation when I need extra space.
The older I get, the more difficult I find it to handle full sheets of plywood safely. So, I made two simple modifications to my sawhorses that let me easily lift a full sheet.
I recently had to take apart an edge-glued panel because of a mistake. Unfortunately, modern wood glues hold so tenaciously that the wood breaks before the glue joint.
Tip of the Day
Rout round-overs, not tip-overs
A tipping router can ruin the edge of a finished project, so keep that base stable. If you need to... read more