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  Wood finishing doesn’t have to be complicated or mysterious. That’s not to say that even experienced finishers don’t run into problems from time to time; everybody does. [...]

Last night I had a great time hanging out with the crew from the Modern Woodworker’s Association. We touched on everything from the direction of the magazine to the upcoming...

How to Hang Inset Doors Install butt hinges perfectly and establish consistent, slender margins. By Tim Johnson Nothing signals skillful craftsmanship like an inset door with elegant hinges and [...]

One of the first times I was a guest on Roy Underhill’s “The Woodwright’s Shop,” I was explaining the construction of a schoolbox from the book “The Joiner and Cabinet...

After I finished sketching my idea I began working on turning the handle. I used Ash because it is a durable wood commonly used for making tool handles. Then I mounted the...

Did you know that you can plane plastic? Me neither. I used my old Stanley #4. Its sweetheart era blade was razor sharp, though I’m not sure it needed to...

Tom’s Torsion Box Workbench This rock-solid workhorse is simply four easy-to-build 2×4-and-plywood boxes. By Tom Caspar Quick, cheap, solid. You can’t ask much more from a workbench, [...]

Now that classic episodes of Roy Underhill’s “The Woodwright’s Shop” are available I’ve been looking at some of the earliest episodes. They are fascinating for a [...]

Way back in 2005, I wrote an article for issue #4 of Woodworking Magazine about holdfasts. At the time, very few woodworkers knew what a holdfast was, and the article...

WHAT IDEAS DO YOU HAVE FOR YOUR NEWSPAPERS AND OLD BOOKS ???? THINK RECYCLE SAVE TREES … THE SAME GOES FOR TIMBER PALLETS / OLD SCAFFOLD BOARDS/ DONT BURN REUSE....

  US paper consumption has more than tripled since 1960, with the typical American now using 347 kilograms of paper every year – more than 50 [...]

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