Category: Skills & Techniques

Cutting, joinery, carving, and sanding.

Furniture

Fix Uneven Chair or Stool Legs

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A simple table saw technique levels four legs in no time flat. Rock-n-roll. That’s what four-legged pieces have a habit of doing – even with perfect joinery and a careful… Source

Joinery

Bullet-Catch Bench Dogs

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Bullet-Catch Bench Dogs When I built my workbench, I drilled round bench-dog holes in the top so I didn’t have to cut square mortises. Being a thrifty sort, I didn’t… Source

Furniture

Help! I Sanded Through Veneer

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Sanding through a veneer happens to everyone sooner or later. Here’s an old cabinetmaker’s trick that will salvage what looks to be a hopeless situation. Source

Hand Tools

Mike’s In-Between Planes

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Mike shows off his collection of “utility planes,” which offer the delicacy of a block plane paired with the heft of a bench plane.