
Woodworking How-To
Find the tips, tricks, and techniques for your woodworking shop from wood preparation to finished cabinetry with doors and drawers. You'll also learn about joinery, measuring, and wood finishes.
FREE Woodworking Plans
Download these free woodworking plans for your next project. You'll find plans for cabinets, desks, bookshelves, tables, kitchen items, toys, and much more!
Project Plans - Wood
In this section you'll find free woodworking plans and other downloadable plans for furniture, gifts & decorations, outdoor projects, and toys & kids furniture. You'll also find plans for holiday …
Beginner's Guide to Clamps - Wood
May 9, 2025 · Beginner's Guide to Clamps Woodworkers need clamps for an endless variety of tasks. Start with our recommendations for building up an initial clamp collection.
Power your way to a polished finish - Wood
Dec 18, 2024 · Power your way to a polished finish Some woodworkers brush on a few coats of varnish and wonder why their finish doesn't look gallery-smooth.
5 Ways to Make Precision Rabbet Cuts - Wood
Dec 17, 2024 · To make the best use of rabbets, you need to know the various ways to cut them, when to use each method, and how to make the cuts effectively.
Master the mortise-and-tenon joint - Wood
Jun 10, 2021 · Mastering mortise-and-tenon joinery has always ranked at the top of woodworkers' skill priority lists. That's because its great strength makes it the premier joinery technique for …
FREE Woodworking Charts
Apr 3, 2024 · FREE Woodworking Charts Download these great charts for use in your shop.
Bit Braces and Hand Drills - Wood
Mar 4, 2025 · Today we often rely on a portable power drill—probably a cordless one—for making holes. Not too long ago, though, home woodworkers didn't have it quite so easy. Back then, …
Bench Vises - Wood
Dec 17, 2024 · Think of a bench vise as a tool that's as essential to your success as a hand plane, router, or tablesaw. Although clamps might substitute in some situations, they tend to …