
Project Assembly
Find out how to get the best results when gluing and assembling your project. These tips will get you through tricky clamp-ups, keep your project square and level, and help you account for wood movement.
Most of us apply linear thinking to project building: Cut parts to size, fasten them together, and then apply finish.
Gluing up and clamping a project proves just as critical as the machining and finishing stages, so take the time to get it right.
Before building projects with truly square corners you're proud of, you need the proper tools and setups.
Over the next hour, WOOD magazine's Kevin Boyle will show you step by step how to build an arts and

You can do the job without disassembling the chair; all you need is a scarf joint.

If you’re a beginning woodworker, master this basic technique before you move on to the fancy stuff. You’ll start with a few boards, and end up with a panel worthy of a tabletop.

You don't have to have a shop to make great-looking baskets. And cleanup is a snap.

Either of these vises will ease your woodworking life; adding both will change your life.
WOOD magazine, Issue 266 shows you how to make a Demilune Table.
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