- How-To
- Woodworking Skills
- Project Design
- Milling
- Cutting
- Drilling
- Shaping
- Joining and Fastening
- Gluing and Clamping
- Finishing
- Installing Hardware
- Making Repairs
- Tips and Techniques
- Woodturning
- Tricks of the Trade
- Workshop Organization and Storage
- Jigs and Tools
- Safety
- Tools & Supplies
- What's In Store
- Tool Reviews
- Industry Interviews
- Blogs
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How-To
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VIDEO: Check Your Fire Extinguisher
Is your woodworking shop equipped with a fire extinguisher? Chris Marshall has some tips on buying, placing and keeping this critical piece of shop equipment maintained.
Woodworking Skills
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PROJECT: Make a Picnic Basket
Want to weave wood without steam bending? Learn how as you build this ready-to-go picnic basket on wheels.
Project Design
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PROJECT: Building a Desk Caddy
With a space to hold and charge your phone, a spot that will fit a Bluetooth® speaker (or hold paperclips), pen storage, glasses cavity and a covered money “vault,” it will make your desk cleaner and your day more organized.
Milling
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Portable Sawmills: Lumber from Local Trees
Tired of paying high prices for lumber at the lumberyard? A portable sawmill could be your ticket to getting quality wood for your next project at a more affordable price.
Cutting
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PROJECT: Shop-Made Band Saw Fence
Make a low-cost band saw fence with this free plan from the magazine.
Drilling
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PROJECT: Cylindrical and Round Object Drilling Jig
A jig to steady round objects, and let you successfully drill holes in them.
Shaping
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Create Your Own Drawer Pulls
The author’s clever set of production techniques creates a line of bow-shaped wooden drawer pulls in a hurry!
Joining and Fastening
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Today’s Wood Screw Technology
What kind of screws should you use on your project? From heads to drives, points to threads, platings to coatings, we show you everything you need to know about the world of modern screws.
Gluing and Clamping
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Making a Frame-Clamping Jig
Making picture frames is easy with this simple clamping jig. Fast, accurate clamping and easy glue cleanup are just two features of this practical jig.
Finishing
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How to Understand Finish Labels
Ever wondered about those abbreviations, numbers and nomenclature on finishing products? Well, you’re not alone….
Installing Hardware
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PROJECT: Silverware Chest
This classic walnut silverware chest employs solid brass catches and hinges to help create an heirloom project in a small shop setting.
Making Repairs
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Working Turning Into Your Daily Life
The lathe should be a go-to tool for home repair and improvement, as woodturning expert Ernie Conover explains.
Tips and Techniques
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Making Some DIY Shop Lighting
Tired of poor lighting in his garage workshop, this reader devised a simple solution by rigging up some remote controlled lights.
Woodturning
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PROJECT: Turning a Carver’s Mallet and a Wooden Assembly Hammer
Woodturning expert Ernie Conover explains how to make your own spindle-turned hammer and mallet set for your workshop.
Tricks of the Trade
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Two-bearing Flush Trimming
A quick switch of a router bit’s bearing helped this reader make a more efficient use of his time during the initial rough cut.
Workshop Organization and Storage
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Setting Up a Turning Shop
If you’re thinking of getting started in woodturning, here are some great guidelines. Our expert breaks down the “must-have” tools from the “nice to have” and even includes a few of his “dream shop” favorites.
Jigs and Tools
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VIDEO: Cutting Dado Slots with a Plunge Router
Learn how to make a simple router jig for cutting dado slots. This simple jig makes it easy to cut accurate dadoes with a router.
Safety
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A Quick Look at the SawStop Model JSS Jobsite Saw
Now, the company’s blade brake technology can protect end users wherever they need to cut wood — in the workshop, on the jobsite or out in the yard.
Tools & Supplies
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JET Discusses Updates to Drum Sanders, Band Saws
Even though JET has been building woodworking machinery for more than a half century, its engineers still find opportunities to innovate.
What's In Store
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General Tools 2-in-1 Laser Tape Measure
Combination measuring tool provides a steel tape measure plus a laser distance measurer accurate to 50 ft.
Tool Reviews
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18 Gauge Cordless Brad Nailer Reviews
Woodworker’s Journal Senior Editor Chris Marshall gets fired up about testing today’s battery-powered 18-gauge brad nailers.
Industry Interviews
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Milwaukee Shows Off New Miter Saw and More
Our editor travels to Milwaukee Tool’s 2017 New Product Symposium to bring you news of the brand’s new tool launches.
Blogs
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Three Innovative New Products from Titebond
Titebond introduces three new products at IWF 2016 in Atlanta. Learn more about Titebond Quick & Thick Glue, TiteWrap, and Titebrush.
Q & A
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What Are My Scroll Saw Blade Options?
I’d like to know the variety of plain-end scroll saw blades that are available for my Excalibur scroll saw. Plus, what all can I cut?
Editor's Blogs
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Join Our Social Media Communities
Everyday we share a mix of new videos, expert answers, tool updates, reader projects, and plans.
Contributing Bloggers
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Saving Bees with a Seed Skep
Bees don’t actually live in this wooden beehive or skep, but it does hold something that will help sustain a healthy bee population.
Today's Woodworker
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Paul Schurch: Marquetry Plus Wood Fashions
Paul Schurch has focused his woodworking on marquetry. Recently, he’s also adding wooden apparel.
Reader's Project Gallery
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Mahogany Grandfather Clock
This reader started his clock project from a plan in 1969, and through a year’s worth of work and several moves, it has stood the test of time.
Plan Library
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Making an Artist’s Pencil Box
This project, originally featured in Today’s Woodworker back in 1994, will make a perfect gift for an aspiring young artist. The design holds a collection of pencils and an eraser, and the top locks everything in place.
eZine Latest Issue
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Check Us Out!
Subscribers to Woodworker’s Journal magazine get more — much more! — than just the eZine.
Magazine Latest Issue
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Woodworker’s Journal – July/August 2017
A Prairie Style Box and an Odds and Ends Cabinet can both fulfill a variety of functions, while our Picnic Basket — with wheels! – is ready to hit the road.
Feedback
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Where’s the Planter? Plus Keeping a Table Even
Readers wonder about the planter Rob built, share pix of their own “catch,” and share how to keep a table with four even legs flat.
eZine Editorial
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The Wind in the Woodshop
A summer storm in Rob’s neighborhood provides woodturners with a bonanza of free wood.
Issue Information
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Woodworker’s Journal – July/August 2017 Issue Preview
Find projects for your home, your shop and your summer excursions in the July/August issue of Woodworker’s Journal.
More on the Web
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July/August 2017 What’s in Store Round-up
Whirlpool Gladiator GarageWorks EZ Connect Rack Shelving MicroJig MatchFit Dado Stop Cutting Half-Laps: Crosscutting: Magically Mother of Pearl and Crystal…
Trade Shows
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Axiom Pro Series CNC Machines
Take a closer look at the precision design and components that go into the Axiom Pro Series CNC machines.
Issue Preview
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July/August 2017 Issue Preview
Find projects for your home, your shop and your summer excursions in the July/August issue of Woodworker’s Journal.
Readers' Projects
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From Oak Trees … to Lumber … to Projects
Herb Brodie builds woodworking projects from oak trees downed on his property: trees to lumber. Click through to read more…
Not yet categorized
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VIDEO: Plow Planes
Ernie Conover introduces you to plow planes. You learn how to set up and correctly use a plow plane to cut grooves for drawers and panels.
AWFS 2015
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American Fabric Filter – AWFS 2015
Get the best performance from your dust collector by upgrading to a custom filter bag.
Premium Content
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PROJECT: Mahogany Ladies’ Desk
Graceful curves and delicate inlay give this attractive, three-drawered desk immediate appeal. Build it in just a few shop sessions.
Woodworker's Journal Back Issue Archive
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Woodworker’s Journal – May/June 2017
Projects Include: Porch Swing, Hanging Herb Garden, Barrel-shaped Birdhouse, Graceful Bar Cart and Dehumidification Kiln.
Premium Plans
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PROJECT: Cherry Jewelry Box
If you’re looking for an easy-to-make jewelry box, this little project is perfect. It features a removable insert and capitalizes on the scroll saw’s ability to make internal cuts with ease.
IWF 2016
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Grex Nail Gun Guide
Grex introduces a new 23 gauge pin nail gun and adjustable edge guide accessory. The guide makes it easy to consistently drive pin nails or brad nails a consistent distance from the edge of a workpiece and in a straight line.
