General Woodworking

Making A Down Draft Sanding Table With Storage

A downdraft sanding table with a whole lotta storage. The storage will mainly be devoted to fasteners (various screws, bolts, nuts...
Making A Small Woodworking Chisel

This is a project that I started and finished nearly two years ago, but for a few reasons didn’t publish at that time. First...
Making The Ultimate Sanding Block

Sanding, especially hand sanding, is a pain. Anything that can help make the job easier and go faster is welcome, such as a well m...
Wood Frame Dovetail Saw

While I can’t say that this is a saw that will get a lot of use in my shop, it was interesting to make. Who knows, maybe I&#...
Making A Wooden Chamfer Plane

This is another one of those projects I’ve wanted to do for a while. It’s not because this is an essential tool, it wi...
Utility Table Saw

Leer este artículo en español Occasionally I need a table saw in a place where it’s not really convenient to have one, s...
Making A Table Saw Tapering Jig

There are many versions of the tapering jig. I have one that I made several years ago that I’ve used for various projects (s...
Dowel Maker Experiment

While working on another project, I got somewhat frustrated with how it was not coming together as I had expected, so I took a bre...
How To Make A Simple Dowel Maker

To date (May, 2012…), my most viewed video on YouTube is “Make A Dowel Maker”. I guess it has a broader appeal t...
Finding The Center

by Don Heisz Don Heisz is the author of Offcuts, a weekly article on the lighter side of woodworking. I have been working on a new...
How To Make A Handrail

With just a few small details left to wrap up in my house renovation, the largest of these was to put a railing on the stairway th...
Installing Decorative Glass In Cabinet Doors

One of the things that needed attention in my house when I bought it was the dated, worn out kitchen. Shortly after moving in, I s...
How to Make Stackable Storage Trays

I’m currently doing a major renovation on my house and, as usual, I’m doing most of the work myself. Managing all of t...
Worm Gear Drive Experiment

Making a worm gear drive presents some new challenges. The first is how to create the worm gear itself, and this was covered in th...
Cutting Wooden Threads

I’ll admit, I have been a bit obsessed with cutting threads. I have tried two different methods to do it: one was a stand al...
How to Make a Wooden Nut

Occasionally, I get a little overwhelmed by all of the things that I could be doing and, as a result, don’t get anything don...
Making A Wooden Damascus “Steel” Knife

This one started on a whim, just to test out the idea of making something that looks like damascus steel from thin layers of wood....
Wood Trimmed Keyboard

My computer setup for everything I do is different from most, in that I do everything from a reclining easy chair using a wireless...
Do It Yourself Waterfall

A Project By April Wilkerson What would you make if you were given a 2.5′ x 2.5′ piece of glass with your company logo...