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.
After reading about the effects of moisture on wood movement, I’m reluctant to try tablesawn raised panels. Won’t the wedged edges of the panel spread the grooved stile to the breaking point?
Quilted maple and other figured woods gain depth as well as brilliant color when you choose this type of stain. Here's everything you need to know for success.
Learn how to make and install overlay cabinet doors and drawers, including choosing hardware and installing it.
Instead of hiding the screw heads with round plugs, emphasize it with a shallow mortise and square e
Build your tool holders so they work well hanging on a wall or standing on a bench.
Like most folks, I generally sand pocket-hole plugs flush with the surrounding surface after gluing them in.
When cutting identical cabinet parts from multiple sheet goods, I use a wood straightedge to guide the portable circ saw.
Lots of things, including wood scraps, work great for cushioning steel clamp jaws from delicate workpieces.
Removing the plug from a holesaw can be a real chore.
Tip of the Day
Tune-up tip for perfect planing
Your benchtop planer takes a beating in normal use. Give it routine maintenance like the tip below... read more