Watch me conduct a stress test on a dowel joint in soft wood. Dowel joints are strong, but let’s see just how strong.
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Some people are purists about the materials in their home, and I’m one of them. This is especially true when it comes to wood in general and interior wood in particular. Fake wood usually irritates me on a deep, philosophical…
UPDATED 2Jan2019: Sometimes the journey of becoming a skilled woodworker takes you down paths that didn’t seem important at first. Sharpening hand tools was one of those paths for me. Actually, there were two paths involved. It all started when…
MIG welders are the easiest of all welding equipment to use, and there are plenty of great DIY-grade machines on the market. See for yourself in the video above. It’s one of many video tutorials that make up my online…
