A Beaded Plane Rack
A Beaded Plane Rack: Charles Mak shares some of his beading techniques while adding an ornamental detail to his new…
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Gone With the Wind
Gone With the Wind: Charles Mak demonstrates a simple technique to help you achieve maximum yield from the most stubborn…
A Contemporary Walnut Coffee Table
A Contemporary Walnut Coffee Table: With more than a nod towards mid-century modern style, Charles Mak finds a simple way…
Outlined-Dovetailed Tote
Outlined-Dovetailed Tote: From hand-cut grooves and stopped dados to decorative dovetail joints, Charles Mak covers the trusted techniques used to build this eye-catching tote While…
Heirloom Speech Bubble Bookshelves
Heirloom Speech Bubble Bookshelves: These distinctive dovetailed wall shelves feature angles that will challenge your joinery and assembly skills. Charles…
Tapered Sliding Dovetails by Hand
Tapered Sliding Dovetails by Hand: Canadian woodworker Charles Mak shares his method for cutting this seemingly complicated joint with the…
Build a Dovetailed Saw Vice
Build a Dovetailed Saw Vice Charles Mak built this saw vice for his panel saws and shows you how he…
How to Sharpen Your Joinery Plane Irons
How to Sharpen Your Joinery Plane Irons The cutters or blades of my favourite joinery planes, namely, the router plane,…
Making a Portable Shoulder Vice
Making a Portable Shoulder Vice My unheated garage doubles as my workshop during the day. I rely on a fan…
Super Powers
Super Powers Over the years, I have used or developed many tricks or shortcuts on my shop machines for quicker,…