Traditional, Solid Wood Frame-and-Panel Doors and Cabinets

Click below to watch a video lesson on a unique approach for creating notched corners in this table project. Simple, fast and you get nice, square corners.

Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, details how to remove walls and salvage the wood to save for future use.

A good tape measure is one of the first tools that any handy person should buy, precisely because it’s so useful for so many jobs. But there’s a big difference in the quality of different tape measures you can choose….

Why do my chopsaw cuts bind? I’m building the workbench you offered free plans for a while back, and some of the cuts seem to pinch the blade of the saw, causing friction and burning. What should I do? Read on for Steve’s advice.

I have an outdoor oak bench and cedar chairs that I assembled and finished last year with a clear water repellent, but they don’t look great now. They stayed out in the weather last summer and are dull and discoloured….