Woodworking Tips and Tricks The table saw is arguably the workhorse of the workshop so knowing a few table-saw tips to set it up quickly and make it work more efficiently can greatly increase production and quality and with the use of Clamps, Squares and a few screws, it’s easy…
If you’re painting a cabinet, medium-density fiberboard is hard to beat. The following article was originally featured in  in 2006. At the risk of inviting the scorn of some purists, I’m here to make a bold declaration: For painted cabinetry, there is no better and more appropriate product to use than…
In this age of power tools, it’s still incredible what can be achieved with just hand tools! Canadian outdoors-man and woodworker Shawn James built an entire log cabin using hand tools. And he filmed it in time-lapse – condensing the entire building process into a five minute YouTube video. Check…
This Old House general contractor Tom Silva and host Kevin O’Connor build a storage bench for an entryway.   Shopping List for Building a Storage Bench: – 1/2-inch and 3/4-inch cabinet-grade birch plywood – 1×3 and 1×8 poplar – Crown molding – Two wicker storage baskets – 4…
Buy smart to get the best deals and the best wood. By Tim Johnson Start out thick Rough lumber thicknesses are measured in 1/4-in. increments. The thinnest rough-cut boards, labeled 4/4, and called four quarter, are 1-in. thick. It’s tough to get surfaced stock thicker than 13/16-in. from 1-in. rough…
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