Shop Tips
Learn tips and tricks that make your shop time more productive. Find out how to get the most out of hand tools and power tools, including your router and table saw. See tips on finishing, gluing, clamping, sharpening, layout, and more!
Learn how to glue up a 4-way veneer pattern. This technique is highlighted in WOOD magazine's
How to avoid throwing away half-full containers of hardened, water-based putty.
You can easily extend the reach of F-style clamps by adding a pair of long wooden jaws.
Here’s a frugal alternative to commercial bags intended for protecting hand planes.
The dust-collection hose on my bandsaw mill would tangle and break due to the back-and-forth movement of the saw.
The recent installation of four heavy-duty steel shelving units added a lot of much-needed storage space to my workshop.
Like most woodworkers, when cutting slots for exposed corner splines, I typically use a tablesaw jig with a V-shape saddle to hold frames upright.
For odd-shaped or long glue-ups—such as attaching a lamp body to its base—a drill press often serves as a fast, convenient, and effective clamp.
With this simple jig made of a few scraps of wood including 1⁄4
" plywood and 5⁄8
" birch dowel, as well as two rare-earth magnets, you can use your smart phone to accurately set the angle of your tablesaw blade.
Tip of the Day
Turn extra case space into a cord catcher
Those plastic cases that tools come in never seem to fit the tool’s cord once it’s unfurled.... read more