Thickness planers are made to smoothen lumber, 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…
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….
A garage can be a very useful space for your home, and the good thing is you can customize it to meet individual needs for storage, workshops, and hobbies. Adding more storage space and increasing the value of your house…
In this week’s video episode learn how to plane rough lumber by hand using a plane; use winding sticks to identify twists in a board and get rid of them; make wood smoother than the smoothest sand paper with no dust and noise.
Cordless drills are great, but it’s not always obvious how to buy one well. Watch Steve tell you everything you need to know on this video.
Video Watch Time = 7 minutes Question: My husband and I store power tools, hand tools and garden tools in our garage, and they’re getting quite rusty. I’m not sure why because they never get wet. What’s causing…
In this video Steve Maxwell shows DIY (do-it-yourself) homeowners how to build wood handrails, beginning with making blanks from rough lumber.
Click above to watch some of the kind if things that happen here at the end of Bailey Line Road. See a power hacksaw in action, a surprising pattern made by a random oak leaf, and more.
There’s a little-known fact about the beauty of stripped and refinished woodwork, and I discovered it the hard way starting with a blunder I committed in the spring of 1990. It has to do with the door you see above….
Want plans for building the portable chicken house you see below? You’ll find a download link further along in the article, but for now, let me tell you something about backyard chicken husbandry. Backyard Chickens Are Surprisingly Fun When it…
Sometimes a little woodworking trick can deliver a lot of value. That’s the case with an operation called “kerfing”. Click above to watch how I used kerfing to tighten up a visible joint on a deck project that’s got more…