Dovetail Cutting Tips
Dovetail cutting tips can only help you to perfect your dovetail experience. Dovetail cutting has been around for decades. It was used in furniture and cabinet...
Woodworking How Tos
Building Free Standing Shelving
Building free-standing shelving for the basement or garage can really add to your storage needs. By building free-standing shelving, you have the options of relocating them to...
General Purpose Crosscut Sled
Every table saw needs a crosscut sled to go with it. It’s the easiest way to make perfectly accurate, clean crosscuts, and it’s a great alternative to a miter saw or radial...
Building A Simple Work Bench
Building a simple workbench for your woodworking shop can be a real asset to you and your shop. Workbenches can vary in size and strength depending on your particular needs....
How to Build a Storage Bench
How to Build An Elegant Functional Storage Bench This Old House general contractor Tom Silva and host Kevin O’Connor build a storage bench for an entryway. Shopping List for...
Bending Wood Without Steam
Bending wood without steam can be a very successful method. Most people when you mention bending wood think of a steam box and steam. While this is an old and proven method,...
How to Build Small Saw Ponies
How to Build Small Sawhorses (Ponies) Mini-sawhorses (saw ponies) are surprisingly useful around the shop or job site, and are easier to make than full-size saw horses. Using...
Amazing Miter Joint Clamp
Clamping up four mitered corners is tricky. You can buy specialty clamps for this, but why not make your own. Here’s how to do it. Start with a long 1×4, as it’s easier (and...
Turning Your Band Saw Into A Sawmill
Turning your bandsaw into a sawmill is just one more awesome use for that band saw. Sometimes it is very difficult to find nice wood at the lumber yard for a special...