
Woodworking


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


Masking tape and a sharp knife are hard to beat for production precision

Make a pattern using elliptical sticks, and then use a router with flush-cut bit to replicate onto the big stock

A really simple template, a really repetitive process, and a lot of glue go into this not-so-weekend project.


Use tape to clamp and only glue where you have to.

Which method is better—by hand or machine?

First-time attempts at joints this woodworker has never seen before

All you need to build this table is biscuits, bowties, Festools, and straight edges...

"Seventh-grade shop was probably the most fun I had in all my school days. That was kind of the beginning of my woodworking career. Here I am, decades later, still sort of in seventh-grade shop."
—Edward Wohl


Hey Samurai, Aren't you afraid of expansion and contraction? Samurai: "No, I am not afraid of expansion and contraction, and here's why..."

Nice boxes, no-shift


Composite decking machines smoothly, joins well, and resists weather with the best of 'em.
