Marking, cutting, and glue-up tips that you may have forgotten about

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

 

One of those things that you keep forgetting how to do, because you don't do it that often

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.

Four jigs are all you need to set up a mobile cabinet shop

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

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

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

"For those of you who don't already know the benefits of using guide bushings on your router and simple templates made out of scrap MDF—here's how it goes."

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

 

It is time to think about the fact that many carpentry jobs may be automated—soon