Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Woodworker using a hand planer on a wooden plank.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Making a Bench Hook

In the 1970s, I attended what was then called a building school, and learned all the finer points of woodworking

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Woodworking jointer machine in a workshop setting.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

How to Tune-Up a Jointer

Rob Porcaro shares some handy tips for tuning your jointer. Jointer parallelism After writing blog posts on jointer-planer combination machines,

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Ornate commode table and candle stands, 18th-century design illustration.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Insta Chippendale’s Director

Steve Bisco looks at the man and the book that transformed 18th-century cabinetmaking and carved ornament. This year sees the

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Woodworker examining hand planes in workshop.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Making a Beaded Plane Rack

Charles Mak shares some of his beading techniques while adding an ornamental detail to his new tool rack. We woodworkers

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Person operating a Festool saw in a workshop.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Jigs for Chopsaws

Chris Grace cuts to the chase with some safe and useful advice on using a chopsaw. The chopsaw or compound

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Wall-mounted wine rack with glasses and bottles.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

How to Make Shelves

Some shelves need to be open, such as for books. But other items are safer if they cannot fall off

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