Custom-Fit Dadoes
Making a dado to fit a piece of 3/4″ plywood can be an exercise in frustration. The wood is never exactly 3/4″ thick, is it? The folks at Rockler have come up with a clever solution [...]
The most "Woody" commercial you’ve ever seen
I have said it before in this blog, actually just a few weeks ago: Japanese have an affinity to perfect everything and take it to a new level. Even a [...]
Small Changes, Big Difference
Among the most rewarding parts of working for this (and I would assume any) woodworking magazine is to build then write about a project, send an article out into the world, then have pictures [...]
Round Bench Dogs that Don’t Rotate
If there is one disadvantage to round bench dogs, it is that they can occasionally rotate as you are clamping something between two dogs or when you are planing against a single dog. It’s a minor [...]
Weekend Woodworking Warrior
As you know from Monday’s article, I am in the process of setting up shop after a long hiatus from serious woodworking. On the positive side, I’ve discovered that some of the muscle memory is [...]
Working With Small Hinges
In the back panel of the project I made for the upcoming August 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine is a small door. Hanging doors on butt hinges is no big deal if you’ve done it a [...]
Big Money for an Antique Bench
Some folks spend hours searching Pinterest. My weakness is antique auction web sites. They’re a total time-suck. On these sites, I see photos of furniture that is to be auctioned, a brief [...]
Q & A: Perfectly Flush?
Q & A: Perfectly Flush? Q: I recently bought a plate joiner in hopes that it would help me get perfect alignment when edge-to-edge gluing. I’m still getting some unevenness at the [...]
Simplicity in Woodworking
Here’s what I like to see when I look at something I’ve built, something someone else has built or someone in the process of building. Ease. I like to see the simplified result – in form, product [...]
HEAVY DUTY BENCH AND SEATS
A HEAVY DUTY BENCH MADE FROM RAILWAY SLEEPERS ,THIS HAS BEEN OILED WITH BOILED LINSEED OIL COATED 5 TIMES TILL OIL IS PENETRATED .THEN WIPED OFF EXCESS OIL .AND USING A CAR ELECTRIC BUFFER THIS [...]
Toothbrushes & Glue in Canada
When in Canada, you do need to be careful about what you use your toothbrush for. At woodworking schools in the United States, a lot of them use a wet toothbrush to remove wet glue squeeze-out [...]
A Cool Solution for Traveling Tools
I’ve long been looking for the perfect rug for my dining room (which may become my shop if I can’t soon find the perfect house in my price range, but that’s a story for another [...]