Two Japanese carpenters demonstrate the mortise joinery used to assemble a built-up beam. The claim is that the joined beam is as strong as a solid one.

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Two ways to spice up stock cabinets

Wall cabinets have a quiet and important job description: Hold heavy glassware and ceramics up in the air. Do not peel away from the wall—just sit there and look pretty.

Five ways to draw circles

Celebrate simplicity ... and sharp chisels

Angled cabinets with wiring chases, prebuilt, installed, and dressed up with moldings.

Angled and tapered legs make a saddle for the tapered top

For three years and a day journeymen walk, work, and sleep under the stars

New design improves battery and cartridge installation. If Cordless trim nailers fit your workflow, this gun is a good bet

An icon of Craftsman joinery, the pegged mortise, faceted with a file and chisel

Target practice is a favorite desktop diversion of many a desk jockey. Turns out it can be a bench top diversion as well. 

A rather biased view on whether or not to use biscuit joiners for slab glue-ups—but what do you really think, Jesse?

Don't forget to add the drywall thickness to the kitchen plan dimensions for an accurate framing layout. Kitchen plans indicate finished dimensions, not rough.

Simple lines can go a long way

When installing a short run of vanity cabinets, you can use a story stick and a level