Wood Preparation
Your benchtop planer takes a beating in normal use. Give it routine maintenance for glassy-smooth results board after board.
There's no such thing as the perfect board. But you can salvage a lot of "challenged" lumber using these tricks.
The WOOD team spends the day at Senior Design Editor Kevin Boyle's home, milling lumber from logs.
From North America’s best woodworking educational event, WOOD magazine's Weekend With WOOD contin
Furniture made from slabs of wood with natural edges still intact has a soulful, sculptural quality, thanks largely to the handiwork of Mother Nature.
Breaking down full-size sheet goods is best handled with a circular saw, so you can move the saw over a stationary sheet.
With a sharp blade and by moving your arms and legs in unison, shavings will flow from your hand plane with minimal effort. Follow these simple steps to improve your results.
Let Mother Nature be your co-designer as you build dazzling projects with wavy edges, bristly burrs, bark inclusions, and other “flaws” that give wood a look of unrefined beauty.
The first time I saw a piece of furniture with book-matched door panels was at a museum exhibit of 17th- and 18th-century woodworking.
Tip of the Day
Do's and don’ts for better finishes, weather or not
■ If you’re working in an unheated shop in a cold climate, DO move finishes (especially water-... read more