The simple yet powerful wedge has been around for more than two million years and is still useful in the world of woodworking.
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Tips/Techniques
Tips and Techniques, from Canadian Woodworking, delivers practical, expert advice for woodworkers of all skill levels, with a focus on shop efficiency, tool use, and project-specific methods.
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Lasers have helped woodworkers and DIYers for years, but now they can be used for cutting and engraving in the small shop.
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There’s no doubt that the impact driver is one of the most popular cordless tools on the market today, second only to the drill. Learn how you can benefit from having one on your shelf.
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7 considerations when buying a reciprocating saw
Don’t hesitate, reciprocate! Take this crash course on reciprocating saws before you make the plunge (or a cut).
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Get practical tips on how to use the jointer safely and effectively.
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Contest Entries: A special thanks to Hammer for sponsoring Canadian Woodworking & Home Improvement’s ‘Small Shop Solutions’ contest. Hammer machinery has proven to be an ideal solution for many small shops across Canada. Here is a sampling of the small shop tips that our readers sent us to enter our recent contest.
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Kolrosing a Wooden Spoon with a Classic Basket Weave
Kolrosing is a wood decorating technique from the Viking age of Scandinavia, and very likely earlier. It involves using the tip of a knife to separate wood fibres, scoring a design onto the wood’s surface and then rubbing a pigment into the cuts to highlight the design.
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Saving Scraps For Special Projects
Rather than consigning them to the garbage, or using them as kindling for the summer campfire at the lake, save your scraps so you can make a unique piece of furniture or woodwork down the road.
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Building furniture from scraps
Rather than consigning them to the garbage, or using them as kindling for the summer campfire at the lake, save your scraps so you can make a unique piece of furniture or woodwork down the road.
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Buying and Restoring Used Machines – Part 2
In our last issue we covered some tips on how to choose whether to buy a piece of used machinery. Here we will give you some practical pointers on how to make those used machines you purchased look nice and run properly.
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7 steps to organizing your small shop
Just because your shop space is limited doesn't mean you can't build great things in it. Clean it up, organize it and get serious about what work you want to do it in, and you will be shocked at how productive and fun it will be to spend time in.
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Sizing down sheet goods with a shop-made saw guide
Cutting sheet goods to size can be a daunting task. Build this handy circular saw sled to make a hated task downright enjoyable.
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Marquetry has been adorning and ornamenting some of the most beautiful pieces of furniture in the world for many centuries. It's a craft whose details used to be kept top secret, but now we all can learn how the masters of the past created these great works.
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Learn to work with live-edge wood
Live-edge material is as unique as the tree from which it grew. Learn a few things about how to work with this unique type of material.
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13 Simple Ways to Improve Accuracy
It sure is nice when you learn a simple, easy way to improve your accuracy when building furniture.
