- How-To
- Woodworking Skills
- Project Design
- Milling
- Cutting
- Drilling
- Shaping
- Clamping
- Finishing
- Installing Hardware
- Gluing
- 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
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- Weekly Editorial
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How-To
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Natural Finish for Softwoods
Rob Johnstone explains how to create a natural looking finish on softwoods like pine, cedar and poplar.
Woodworking Skills
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Scroll Saw: A Serious Tool for a Serious Shop
Which of these are scroll sawn projects? The answer might surprise you!
Project Design
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VIDEO: Building a Folding Adirondack Chair
Learn how to build this folding adirondack chair project that is featured in the March/April 2019 issue of Woodworker’s Journal magazine.
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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VIDEO: Using a Miter Saw to Cut Crown Molding
We show you how to use the miter and bevel settings on your miter saw to cut crown molding.
Drilling
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Drilling Holes: Five Fast Facts
Drilling holes is a task that every woodworker must do. But boring a hole and getting a good result can be two entirely different things.
Shaping
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VIDEO: How to Set Up and Use a Hand Plane
Learn how to set up and and use a hand plane from master woodworker, Ian Kirby. This is a free preview episode from The Way to Woodwork: Essential Starters series.
Clamping
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Veneering with a Vacuum Pump
A vacuum pump and veneer bag is a fully portable system that can be used anywhere. Here, learn some simple veneering techniques.
Finishing
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Finish Shelf Life, and How to Extend It
Learn how to store your finish, how to tell if it’s still any good and how to get rid of it when you need to.
Installing Hardware
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Perfect Hardware Installation
Mark sure your projects look as great as you’ve built them to be with Sandor Nagyszalanczy’s helpful tips on hardware choice and installation.
Gluing
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VIDEO: Choose the Best Glue for Your Woodworking Project
Which glue would be best for a particular application? Here are some popular options.
Tips and Techniques
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Handy Office Supply Sandpaper Sorter
Tired of finding random sizes and grits of sandpaper throughout your shop? This reader has a trick to help you get better organized.
Woodturning
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Ten Principles of Clean Cutting Woodturning
Kip Christensen of the American Association of Woodturners gives his checklist for the ten things every woodturner needs to know to make clean cuts.
Tricks of the Trade
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Refill Holes Before Re-drilling Them
This reader needed to re-drill his candle holder, but rather than try to recenter the bit in the hole, he found a way to start fresh.
Workshop Organization and Storage
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VIDEO: Build a Router Table Organization Cabinet
Check out all the cool custom features that are part of this Router Table Organizer Cabinet project.
Jigs and Tools
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Forging a Plane Iron
Kimberly McNeelan shares her experience creating a plane blade and the process to use to create a blade for a home-made plane.
Safety
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VIDEO: How to Tune Up and Maintain Your Band Saw
You’ll learn how to change a band saw blade, clean a band saw, tension a band saw blade, adjust the band saw blade tracking, adjust the band saw upper and lower blades guides, and test the band saw cutting.
Tools & Supplies
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Makita Cordless Coffee Maker
Brew up to three 5-ounce cups of coffee, using either fresh-ground or single-serve packs, with this cordless 18-volt coffee maker.
What's In Store
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Gardening Tool Turning Kits
Add customized woodworking flair to your gardening tool collection with this three-piece hardened-steel tool set. Turn their handles from the wood of your choice to fit your unique grip.
Tool Reviews
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Routers 101
Routers can tackle a multitude of cutting and shaping tasks with the appropriate bits, jigs and accessories. Here’s versatility, unrivaled.
Industry Interviews
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Rockler Names Microjig Safest
With a wide array of safety products and aiming to eliminate table saw injuries by 2020, Micro Jig distinguishes itself as Rockler’s top safety brand.
Blogs
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60,000 Toys from St. Louis Woodworker’s Guild
St. Louis Woodworkers Guild hosts Toy Build for charity at Rockler store befittingToys for Tots and Bring Me A Book St. Louis.
Q & A
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Will Steam Soften Furniture Glues?
Will steam soften the glue joints on antique furniture so we can disassemble it for easier refinishing or restoration? What glues will be affected by steam?
Editor's Blogs
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Great Gift Ideas for Woodworkers
If you’re needing gift ideas for a woodworker this upcoming holiday season, Rockler has 10 suggestions, including subscribing to an award-winning magazine.
Contributing Bloggers
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Found Wood in the Arizona Desert
An Arizona woodturner finds an abundant supply of woods in the desert state.
Today's Woodworker
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2019 Online Exhibition of Turned and Sculpted Wood
Wood Symphony, an online gallery, is currently displaying its fourth annual curated exhibition of woodturnings and sculpture, featuring 140 works by 60 artists.
Reader's Project Gallery
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Tool Themed Workshop Clock
We’re flattered that this reader took inspiration for this cool workshop clock from projects he saw on the site.
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.
Weekly Latest Issue
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Silicone is Swell
Rob justifies … er, explains … his rubber wedding ring.
Magazine Latest Issue
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PROJECT: Wooden Hand Plane
Two days at Minnesota’s North House Folk School turned a blank of wood and steel into a first-rate hand plane.
Feedback
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Wood Storage: “Helpful” Offers
Readers discuss whether they could “help” Rob out with storage for extra wood from a blow-down … and what they wish they had in the way of storage.
Issue Information
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March/April 2019 Issue Preview
The March/April issue includes plans for a folding Adirondack chair, wooden hand plane, weathered wood shelves, mid-century modern dresser and a tutorial on dust collectors.
Weekly Editorial
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The Sun Also Warmeth
Rob “generously” helps neighbors clean up wood debris — and wonders where to store it.
More on the Web
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Video: Buidling a Mid-Century Modern Dresser
Johnny Brooke built this dresser/changing table hybrid in expectation of his first child’s birth. Check out the process he used from start to finish.
Trade Shows
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Titebond Expert Discusses Chemistry of, Uses for Quick and Thick Glue
Bob Behnke, technical service manager for Titebond, shares the chemistry and best uses for Titebond’s newest PVA wood glue option, Quick and Thick.
Issue Preview
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January/February 2019 Issue Preview
This issue includes plans for a shop storage cabinet, router table organizer, a contemporary hall table and marking knives, along with a tutorial on scroll saws and miter saws.
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: Advancing Your Skills, Ep10 – Cutting Through Dovetails
In this episode of Advancing Your Skills, Ian Kirby demonstrates how to mark and cut through dovetails with hand tools.
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: Pine Entry Bench
Dimensioned lumber, pocket-hole screws and purchased baskets create a simple storage unit with a shiplap look.
Woodworker's Journal Back Issue Archive
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Woodworker’s Journal – March/April 2019
The March/April issue includes plans for a folding Adirondack chair, wooden hand plane, weathered wood shelves, mid-century modern dresser and a tutorial on dust collectors.
Premium Plans
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Project: Hardwood Mosaic Frame
A unique technique brings beauty and thriftiness together in a great home shop project.
IWF 2016
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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.
AWFS 2017
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SuperMax Tools Launches 16-32 Drum Sander
Sporting a patented Quick Adjust Lever that raises and lowers the drum assembly without cranking, a built-in digital readout and newly designed turbo vented dust port to increase dust collection efficiency, SuperMax’s new 16-32 model will sand panels or slabs up to 32 in. wide in two passes.
Gift Project Plans
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PROJECT: Arts & Crafts Calendar Frame
Rare-earth magnets are just one secret in this stylish and useful Arts & Crafts style calendar frame.
