Trimwork & Cabinetry

00:00 Ron Paulk: Hi, I'm Ron Paulk. Okay, the Smart Wood Shop. The jigs, the poor man's CNC for making the entire Smart Woods Shop, are complete. And I'm gonna give you a look at them right now. Alright. As you know, I'm making all of my own drawers, I'm making the cubbies, and I'm also making some detailing on the drawers. There's gonna be a lot of repetition. And a lot of folks out there this day and age like CNC because they put it in the computer and then the machine starts cutting. Well, I have worked with jigs.

Created by a cabinet maker, this simple jig allows you to quickly gauge the relative elevation of multiple points.

Split a detail with the first cut and then inch up to the second cut. Slowly.

A quick and dirty crown molding tip

An organic post base connection that sheds water and looks like a million bucks

From sizing up the job to setting the newel posts on a stain-grade set of winders

A film on the many aspects of woodworking that go into building things with wood—including a pre-robot look at technology displacing workers

Use scraps to offset the straight edge allowing you to cut each edge of the dado with opposite edges of a router bit

Furniture-grade cabinetry with simple joinery

18 videos on hardware, screws, and designs that deceive the eye

Additional layers of flooring can bury baseboards making them look squat (bad) and difficult to remove (worse).

Nice boxes, no-shift

Kitchen cabinet carcasses are just four-sided cubes made with plywood and simple joinery. Repetition is the name of this game.

One way to build drawer boxes fast, efficient, and repeatable

Heavy-duty drawer hardware and a simple cabinet turns a blind corner into roll-out storage

Forget about upside-down and backwards, just lay it on the table and cut it

Look at walls like they're Classical columns to find the right proportions and shapes

The key to fine carpentry: smart shortcuts