Woodworking How-To
Find the tips, tricks, and techniques for your woodworking shop from wood preparation to finished cabinetry with doors and drawers. You’ll also learn about joinery, measuring, and wood finishes.
Make your projects pop by using veneers that feature species and grain figure not available in plywoods.
Learn how to make and install overlay cabinet doors and drawers, including choosing hardware and installing it.
I needed a space-efficient storage solution for all my clamps. I found many plans for roll-around carts but couldn’t justify the loss of usable floor space.
I was recently working on a project that required a centered hole in one end of a 11⁄4
" dowel. Lacking a tool to help me find the center, I resorted to pencil and paper.
Sometimes you need a fine adjustment to the overall width of a stacked dado blade.
While using a hand plane to smooth a wide panel, I needed a long bench stop to keep the workpiece from moving.
I got tired of propping up my tablet with scrapwood to hold the screen at a good viewing angle.
When machining cope-and-stick joints on a router table, the “stick” bit that cuts the profile along the edges of the rails and stiles often causes tear-out.
I build a lot of pieces using live-edge slabs. When joining two pieces to make a wide panel, I orient the live edges to the outside. But this presents a clamping problem during glue-up.
Tip of the Day
Glue residue: uncover it with Naphtha
Before staining, wipe your project with a cloth dampened with naphtha to reveal any areas where... read more