Thickness planers are made to smoothen wood, but they’re also unbeatable when it comes to making a bunch of wood strips of consistent size in the home workshop. Are you milling trim, moulding or pieces of solid wood edging? The […]
Continue ReadingHow to Finish a Wooden Table Top
In this week’s video episode learn how to remove an existing tabletop finishing with a belt sander; avoid one popular type of sander when you’re smoothening a table top; choose and apply a repairable oil finish that’s excellent for tables; and see how oil brings out rich wood grain like nothing else can
Continue ReadingSHARPENING A CHAINSAW VIDEO TUTORIAL: See Electric Sharpener in Action
UPDATED 23Jul2020: Sharpening a chainsaw properly can take more time and more skill than meets the eye. Electric chainsaw sharpeners make this job much, much easier, but you still have to know how to use the machine. Click below for […]
Continue ReadingSTAIR TREAD TRICK: See Simple Jig on Video
Are you building or renovating stairs? Or perhaps you need to precisely fit pieces of wood between two fixed surfaces? You’ve got to watch this video. It’s the first I ever posted online, it’s been public since November 28, 2008, […]
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WOODWORKING BASICS: How to Apply Solid Wood Edging to Plywood
Working with veneered plywood or particleboard? Hiding the ugly edges of the laminations is part of the challenge you’ll face. Click for a video lesson on how to apply solid wood edging like a pro.
Continue Reading23 GAUGE PIN NAILERS: Best Kept Woodworking Secret
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, talks about pin nailers, specialized woodworking power tools that are perfect for creating nearly invisible wood joints.
Continue ReadingSHARPENING WOODWORKING TOOLS: Faster Method Yields Amazing Results
Steve Maxwell, “Canada’s Handiest Man”, discusses the buffering wheel with DIY enthusiasts.
Continue ReadingAMISH CARPENTERS & CORDLESS TOOLS
UPDATED 9Apr2020: Cordless tools have been at the leading edge of the building scene for decades, but not everyone who embraces cordless tools are leading edge people. Take the Amish for instance. Although they call themselves “the plain people”, they […]
Continue ReadingSANDING CABINET FACE FRAMES: Video Tutorial Shows the Right Way To Do It
Face frames are cabinet parts that surround door and drawer openings. The narrow pieces of wood that you see running horizontally and vertically in this photo of some of my kitchen cabinets are face frames. Click above to watch […]
Continue ReadingWOOD CARVING CLASSIC: How to Make Letters & Numbers By Hand
UPDATED 3Apr2020: It’s funny what sticks with you from childhood. One of my earliest woodworking memories is of my grandfather using a jack knife, carving Roman numerals into the edges of wooden window sashes and their matching storm windows at […]
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