The best season for outdoor fun depends on where you live. In the “sunshine state” (my neck of the woods), our seasons go as follows: 3 weeks of winter > 2 weeks of bliss > …
Written by: Steve
When someone mentions “Kreg jig” or “Kreg joint”, every woodworker within earshot knows exactly what they’re referring to. As a brand, Kreg offers a lot of different products. But as an icon, their name is …
Written by: Steve
For me and my “organizationally-challenged” brothers and sisters, garages and workshops are zones of chaos, where storage deficiencies and surplus “stuff” become life partners. The more tools and toys we acquire, the more we need …
Written by: Steve
If you’ve woodworked for more than about five minutes, you likely spent most of that time looking for ways to safely hold a workpiece while you do things to it: routing, scraping, sanding, cutting, carving, …
Written by: Steve
Accessories, Featured, Rockler, Woodworking
The term “game changer” is often thrown around when new tools come out. It’s a grandiose way of saying it does something (in this case, makes drawers and other open boxes) easier, faster or better …
Written by: Steve
Accessories, Rockler, Safety, Woodworking
If you’re one of those people who prefer not to sustain serious injury, you may be familiar with a little thing called “safety”. We woodworkers encounter many “opportunities” for bodily injury. The router table is …
Written by: Steve
Electronics, Flooring, Tools, Woodworking
Whether you’re building dining tables or installing wood flooring, failure to consider wood movement can destroy countless hours of otherwise masterful handiwork. As wood exchanges moisture to and from the environment it shrinks and plumps …
Written by: Steve
Just as there are many ways to make a picture frame, there are many ways to cut a dado. Dadoing large parts at the table saw is quick and easy with a specialty dado blade …
Written by: Steve
Featured, Painting, Resources, Safety, Woodworking
There’s an old truism that if you want to test how well you understand something, try explaining it to someone else. Of all the topics I’ve looked into over the years, few are as mired …
Written by: Steve
I had the girl and I had the ring, the two most important parts of the process were already done! The hard part was going to be actually getting the courage to drop the question, …
Written by: Eric