Joinery - Page 11 of 69

A straight piece of scrap, a backsaw or handsaw, and you'll be cutting straight dadoes in no time.

Gary Rogowski demonstrates his methods for this traditional yet strong breadboard end.

Mike Pekovich has a sled for each job: a sled for cutting dovetails, one with a sliding fence for box joints, a sled with a lower fence and stops for cutting dadoes, one with a tall fence for cutting tenons, and a dedicated sled for mitered boxes.

Known for efficiency in his work, Mike Pekovich has built a few iterations of his sled for making mitered boxes. In this video, he shows the progression of sleds he built, and unveils the final version. Or is it?

While Mike Pekovich prefers a large shoulder plane to tune his joinery, he shows how the process can easily be done with a much more affordable vintage rabbet plane like the Stanley #78.

Tim Coleman adapted a technique used with wooden dowels for a cleaner way to join legs to benchtops or tabletops without the need for aprons.

Three layers of tape creates a shallow rabbet to register against.

Chris Becksvoort uses a simple trick to lay out the joinery on the base, then creates the dovetail sockets using a dovetail saw and chisel.

Mike Pekovich uses a crosscut sled and stop blocks to cut stopped dadoes safely.

Nails sometimes get a bad rap from modern woodworkers – Megan Fitzpatrick thinks that’s because most of the naysayers are using the wrong nails.