Layout, Measuring, and Marking
Step up your accuracy and workmanship on your woodworking projects with these tips and techniques for layout, measuring, and marking.
These super-accurate layout helpers earned a permanent place in the WOOD® magazine shop.
When he needed to lay out smooth arcs, Master Craftsman Chuck Hedlund turned to his shop-made fairing stick.
Learn how to glue up a 4-way veneer pattern. This technique is highlighted in WOOD magazine's
I was planning on storing the MDF templates for an Adirondack chair in my garage attic, but realized the humidity may warp them. How do you preserve your templates?
Is it safe to consider the factory edges of plywood to be straight and square, or will I need to true them up?
I really want to build the toy excavator from issue 194, but I’m intimidated by all the steps. Can you give me some tips to get over this fear and get started?
I’m making a wooden toolbox for my pickup bed. How do I make a template to fit over the curved wheel well?
How can I creatively but discreetly sign my woodworking projects?
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Completely capture the blank for DIY dowels
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