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!
Rather than buy specialized edge clamps, make your own.
I recycled laundry detergents jugs to dispense mineral spirits in my workshop.
I suspended a grid of 1×4s in 2'-square sections. Simple half-notch joints at each intersection hold a grid together. Now there’s room for hanging all sorts of things.
Here’s a dirt-simple and quick way to mark equal spacing along the edge of a workpiece.
Before you have that old dishwasher hauled away, save the racks.
Tablesaws and mitersaws yield clean and straight cuts, but holding small pieces on either machine can be a hassle at best.
Tip of the Day
Dowel-rod "key" pulls sandpaper tight on drums
If you have trouble getting the sandpaper tight on your sleeveless sanding drums, try this trick.... read more