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A College of the Redwoods instructor shares some important insights into reading grain direction when making a curved foot

Frame-and-panel construction is a popular method for making doors, cabinetry, and a variety of furniture and architectural components. Its primary purpose is to create a large panel with minimal wood movement.…

Learn to cut mortise and tenon joinery for rustic furniture with just a few tools and found material

Create a custom handle for your socket chisel in ten steps and practice basic hand-tool use along the way.

Invest new life into old socket chisels with shopmade handles.

This essential tablesaw jig ensures square cuts.

Q: I recently bought a spalted maple pen blank. One end was fairly soft and punky, so I tried to stabilize it with cyanoacrylate glue. But that generated a wisp…

Q: I work in a basement shop, where I use a small, noisy, “pancake” air compressor. Can I enclose it in a cabinet to soften the noise? Jeff Dinardo, Concord,…

Q: About 15 years ago, I made an oak countertop that I coated with gym-floor finish. Now it’s time to refinish the wood. Should I use some form of polyurethane…

Q: I don’t understand why people leave a layout line marking the tails on a dovetail joint. Other layout lines and marks never show on a finished piece, so why…