Lumber/Materials - Page 23 of 37

Traditional wet/dry joinery uses heat and moisture to strengthen a post-and-rung connection

Q: I’m building a series of storage cabinets for my shop. Some (24 in. deep by 30 in. wide by 30 in. tall) will roll on casters and some (10…

Q: I plan to fume a quartersawn white oak chair with ammonia to impart a brown color to the wood. I’m using ebony to pin the mortise-and-tenon joints. Will the…

Build this rigid table for cutting sheet goods with a circular saw

Part 1 of 4: Learn the best practices for cutting turning blanks from a fresh log

Understanding the working properties of common cabinet woods

Most woodworking projects are built with solid wood lumber. Therefore, woodworkers should become intimately familiar with this ubiquitous material. The Basics: • Hardwood vs. softwood: Most furniture-grade lumber, known as "cabinetwood,"…

Use hand planes to create a flush surface where solid-wood trim meets plywood

This device helps prevent the underside of veneered plywood from splintering by scoring the veneer just ahead of the blade. To make it, cut a snug-fitting insert blank from aluminum…

Because the plywood end panels I make for kitchen cabinet jobs are usually worked the same way each time, I found myself setting the rip fence to the same measurements…