Go into any building supply store and you’re bound to find the ubiquitous ‘wood screw’ – the essential fastener that every woodworker uses.
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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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Learning to work with laminate is a skill that can help you refurbish your home's counters or jazz up a shop work surface or jig.
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There is more than one way to build this common woodworking element – here are a few techniques to try in your shop.
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Milling wide long stock on a six or eight inch jointer can be a real challenge. Here’s where you can rely on the versatility of your router.
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Bent laminating is an easily acquired skill that will open up new avenues for expressing your woodworking creativity.
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Tired of the look of flat doors on your cabinetry and furniture? Maybe it’s time to incorporate curved panels into your woodworking. It’s not that hard, and it adds a whole new dimension to your woodworking.
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Cyclone dust collection for a small shop
Cyclone collectors provide an efficient and effective alternative to conventional dust management systems for professional and dedicated amateur woodworkers.
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There are two things that woodworkers build a lot of: boxes and doors. Building a door is a skill almost every woodworker will need at some point or another. Following a basic series of steps will lead to success on the router table every time.
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How you prepare your stock will have an impact on the quality of work that you do.
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If you are looking to make your woodworking easier, faster and safer, then you’ll want to use patterns, templates and jigs.
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Cutting dados & grooves on the table saw
Dados and grooves are one of the most basic joints you can use when constructing furniture projects.
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While hinges may look different from each other, they all have the same basic function.
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In this article we give you shop proven techniques to glue like a pro.
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Mechanical drawer slides offer some major advantages over shop-made wooden slides.
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The ins and outs of drawer slides
What holds your possessions and travels miles without ever leaving your house? Drawers.
