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

A man, a plan, and some Baltic birch plywood becomes a stand-alone portable woodworking shop.

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 

There are always hiccups in kitchen remodels. Here are some field-modification solutions to common installation problems.

A quick look at decorative sticks

But let me axe you this—how do they keep 'em sharp?

How some simple jigs and a router can add interesting detail to millwork

A 2x4 frame skinned with Luan plywood, simple corner and shoe molding is captured on a helmet cam, 2x4 cam, speed square cam, drill cam, brad nailer cam and panning yard cam edited to high speed process over an acoustic blues tune.

The best containment strategy depends on the job size, tools required, location in the house, and proximity to living space