Projects

Last Thursday I put the finishing touches on my new workbench, just in time for a Friday-morning photo session. The plan was to shoot on location, and editor Christopher Schwarz and I were [...]

Four space-saving modules help you saw and assemble projects at the three most desirable heights.

Remember hooking sandpaper on those three little nails in that old rubber sanding block, and stabbing your fingers more than the sandpaper? No more! At $20, the Preppin’ Weapon costs a [...]

An excellent sharpening system has just gotten better and cheaper! The Veritas Mark II ($300) sharpens chisels, plane irons, carving gouges and V-tools incredibly fast with a minimum of fuss. The [...]

Convenient Benchtop Protection My workbench is beautiful and I want to keep it that way, so I cover the top with builder’s paper ($7/140-ft. roll at my local home center) whenever I’m [...]

Fender Washers for Mounting Pictures I enjoy making picture frames but always found it a pain to use tacks or staples to hold the picture in place. Plus tacks and staples are hard to remove when [...]

Air Hose Rack Air tools are great, but the air supply hose is hard to store conveniently. This rack solves this problem, and it’s cheap! All you need is some 1-1/4-in. PVC pipe, a 45-degree [...]

8-ft. Straightedge for $4 Whenever I have to cut down a sheet of plywood I reach for one of my trusty metal stud straightedges.Metal studs are available in different thicknesses for different [...]

Question & Answer Is your miter saw square? Q. I want to adjust my miter saw so it’s dead-on accurate, but I don’t have a fancy square. How do I do it? A. Use an old [...]

Sometimes it’s hard to get enough shop time in, and that’s how it’s felt the last week and a half. We’ve been scrambling to get the next issue of Woodworking Magazine [...]

I’ve started on the bench, spending as much time in the shop as I could spare, and after a week and a day, it looks like I’m making good progress. The shop is messy, but there are now [...]

            If you've ever struggled to get perfectly flush pocket-screw joints, Kreg's new Klamp Table may be the perfect helping hand you need. The [...]