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    Simple Tip for Accurate Joinery Marks

    What's the most accurate way to mark up a workpiece for joinery?

    by epirnik | February 28, 2013
    Secure Your Work for Easier Handplaning

    Eventually, every budding woodworker will begin to wonder about handplanes. For some reason, these age-old tools hold a place of reverence in most woodworker’s tool collections.

    by epirnik | September 20, 2012
    Major blunders of kitchen remodeling

    Have you thought of Kitchen cabinets online remodeling with your own ideas?

    by RickHardcastle | April 30, 2012
    You Can't Mark and Measure Without the Proper Tools

    Learn how to dial-in your measuring and marking for better-built furniture projects

    by epirnik | September 15, 2011
    "How did you learn all that?"

    After awhile, when you've been doing woodworking for some time and have learned a few things, people start to ask "How did you do that?

    by DougStowe | July 7, 2011

    After “measure twice, cut once,” the most well-known woodworking saying is “you can’t have too many clamps.” And it’s true. But you can have enough clamps.

    by AsaC | February 12, 2011
    Keep Your Hand Tools From Hurting You

    When you hear “woodworking safety,” you probably think of power tools, but hand tools can draw blood, too.

    by Matt_Berger | December 8, 2010
    Clamps for Woodworking

    You can never have too many of these handy shop helpers

    by StartWoodworking | November 16, 2010
    Sharpening a Card Scraper

    Turn a piece of steel into a traditional surface-prep tool

    by Bob_VanDyke | November 16, 2010
    How to Use a Card Scraper

    Card scrapers offer a surface that even smoother than sandpaper

    by Bob_VanDyke | November 16, 2010
    How to Use a Combination Square

    Are you getting the most from your combination square?

    by Philip_Lowe | November 4, 2010
    Sharpening Basics

    An affordable method for keeping your planes and chisels sharp

    by AsaC | November 3, 2010
    Handplaning 101

    The basics of handplaning a flat, smooth, and straight surface

    by Chris_Gochnour | November 3, 2010
    Tame Handplane Tearout

    Paying attention to grain is critical

    by AsaC | November 2, 2010
    How to Build Woodworking Jigs

    Build jigs quickly and accurately using the right materials, fasteners, and accessories

    by gary_rogoski | November 2, 2010
    by matthewknight | October 26, 2010
    How to Use Chisels

    All about chopping and paring with chisels

    by AsaC | October 18, 2010
    How to Sharpen a Handplane Iron

    When most folks begin to get serious in woodworking, they inevitably reach a point where the seductive handplane beckons.

    by epirnik | September 15, 2010
    Handplane Primer: What's the difference between bench and block planes?

    Demystifying the differences between hand planes

    by MKenney | September 15, 2010