10 Creative Uses for Magnets in Woodworking

10 Creative Uses for Magnets in Woodworking

Magnets are the woodworking tool you didn’t know you needed. Tool organization, shop jigs, furniture — the applications you can find for magnets ...
Which Compact Router to Buy: Unsponsored Tool Review of 7 Brands

Which Compact Router to Buy: Unsponsored Tool Review of 7 Brands

Palm routers, trim routers, laminate routers — compact routers go by a lot of names. And like the names, there’s a lot of buying option...
How to Cut Half-Blind Dovetails: Easier than You Think

How to Cut Half-Blind Dovetails: Easier than You Think

Half-blind dovetails are more than just pretty — and not because love is blind (lies, lies I tell you). They’re actually a super...
Make Your Own Cutting Board Finish: Simple Recipe and Bonus Uses

Make Your Own Cutting Board Finish: Simple Recipe and Bonus Uses

Cutting boards are maybe the most popular woodworking project — after firewood, of course. But whether it’s a single block of wood or a complex e...
Build a Moxon Vise Mini Workbench (Easy and Inexpensive DIY)

Build a Moxon Vise Mini Workbench (Easy and Inexpensive DIY)

Ever feel like your back is screaming while you lean over your rickety workbench to cut joinery? Well, this build won’t fix your rickety bench. B...
How to Build and Use a Shooting Board (Free Plans): The Hand Plane Super-Jig

How to Build and Use a Shooting Board (Free Plans): The Hand Plane Super-Jig

Shooting boards can cut so square, you’ll have to buy your boards pocket protectors. If you own a hand plane, this is a must-have jig — b...
How (and When) to Use Card Scrapers: The Most Useful Underused Tool

How (and When) to Use Card Scrapers: The Most Useful Underused Tool

The most underused tool by beginning woodworkers is a card scraper. And that just shouldn’t be the case. Card scrapers (or cabinet scrapers) can ...
Make an Ultra-Square Crosscut Sled (5 Cut Method Calculator Included)

Make an Ultra-Square Crosscut Sled (5 Cut Method Calculator Included)

The first thing any table saw owner should build is a crosscut sled. They make using a table saw safer, easier, and they skyrocket the ...
Template Routing Basics: How to Easily Cut Repeatable Parts

Template Routing Basics: How to Easily Cut Repeatable Parts

Ever find yourself studying a piece of handmade furniture (of course you do) and you wonder, “how did they get these parts so symmetrical?...