Whittled Peg Rack

Whittled Peg Rack It’s just you, your knife, and the wood. Have you ever had one of those days (or weeks) when everything went wrong and you wondered why you decided to take up woodworking [...]

Q & A: Steam Bending Gear

Q & A: Steam Bending Gear   Q: What do I need to know before building a simple steam-bending rig?   A: Steam bending doesn’t require sophisticated equipment. For a single [...]

Q & A: Repair a Sand-Through

Sanding through a veneer happens to everyone sooner or later. Here’s an old cabinetmaker’s trick that will salvage what looks to be a hopeless situation.

Q & A: Router Table Miter Joints

Q & A: Router Table Miter Joints   Q: I plan to build some jewelry boxes with mitered corners, but my contractor’s saw does a poor job of cutting miters. Can I use my router table [...]

Q & A: Avoiding Swirl Marks

Q & A: Avoiding Swirl Marks   Q: I just stained a tabletop and found it covered with tiny swirl marks from my random-orbital sander.What did I do wrong? A: Swirl marks are inevitable. [...]

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