- 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
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- What's In Store
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How-To
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PROJECT: Tambour Console Cabinet
Great details like waterfall corners, handmade tambour doors and tapered legs are an inspiration to get into the shop!
Woodworking Skills
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CNC Routing: Five Fast Facts
Why would CNC routing be a benefit to a home shop woodworker? We explain some of the benefits of adding technology into the workshop.
Project Design
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PROJECT: Modern Coffee Table
This coffee table, inspired by the classic Nelson Bench, is a table saw project of the first order. A stacked dado set and cross-lap jig will get you to the finish line with style.
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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Scroll Saw: A Serious Tool for a Serious Shop
Which of these are scroll sawn projects? The answer might surprise you!
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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VIDEO: How to Install a Drop Leaf Hinge
Learn how to install drop leaf table hinges. This step-by-step instruction video demonstrates how to properly position drop leaf hinges on your table joint.
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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Sanding Woodturning Projects with a Lubricant
Adding wet-sanding to our arsenal can be a major benefit to our lungs. AAW’s Mike Peace explains the benefits of using lubricants when sanding turning projects.
Woodturning
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VIDEO: How to Core Several Bowls from One Blank
In this instructional video, Ernie Conover explains the process for coring multiple bowls from one burl blank.
Tricks of the Trade
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Making Simple Clamping and Assembly Stands
This reader came up with a pair of handy shop helpers for clamping and assembly, made with some scrap from around his shop.
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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Lake Erie Toolworks: Better Clamping Products
Son and father team create traditional maple workbench vises and clamping products.
What's In Store
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Metabo HPT 2-in. Pro Brad Nailer
This pneumatic nailer with aluminum magazine and dust blower will fire 5/8″- to 2″-long brad nails in either sequential or contact actuation modes.
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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College Reopens Mehler Woodworking School
Former Kelly Mehler School of Woodworking reopens as The Woodworking School at Pine Croft, thanks to Berea College.
Blogs
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VIDEO: Making a Table from Well Traveled Wood
Hear the story of how some fine, 50-year old Carpathian walnut traveled from Germany to the United States, where Ernie and Ken Zahka spent a week crafting a table and matching benches.
Q & A
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Should I Stick with Distilled Water?
Should I switch the water in my paint solution from distilled to “ordinary” well water in the sprayer when I paint my house?
Editor's 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.
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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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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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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Easy-To-Make Holiday Ornament
Sandor Nagyszalanczy gives an overview on how to turn one “yule log” into several fun ornaments for your friends and family.
Weekly Latest Issue
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Choosing Outdoor Woods and the Best Lathe
Welcome to the new Weekly newsletter! We’re trying something new and converting our regular newsletter into a weekly video format….
Magazine Latest Issue
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July/August 2019 Issue Preview
This issue includes plans for a tambour cabinet, lending library, a sink-top cutting board and a modern coffee table, along with a tutorial on benchtop sanders and steep angle scroll saw cuts.
Feedback
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Woodworking Trivia Tidbits
Rob’s call for woodworking trivia prompted numerous replies.
Issue Information
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May/June 2019 Issue Preview
This issue includes plans for a drop-leaf table, entry bench, a whiskey cabinet and a mid-century modern dresser, along with a tutorial on drill presses and cutting burls.
Weekly Editorial
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Fun But Obscure
What’s the oddest bit of woodworking trivia you know? We’re offering a $50 Rockler gift card to the lucky winner of this week’s trivia drawing.
More on the Web
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Paul Revere Letter Holder Plan
Put Carole Rothman’s scroll sawing lessons to work to make this fun (and functional) letter holder.
Trade Shows
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Chris Marshall: A WJ Editor, Builder and More
You’ve seen Chris Marshall in Woodworker’s Journal’s print and digital pages, plus videos. In this interview, go behind the scenes and into his shop(s).
Issue Preview
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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.
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: Little Book Lending Library
Share your love of printed books by building a repository that the whole neighborhood can enjoy.
Woodworker's Journal Back Issue Archive
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Woodworker’s Journal – July/August 2019
Projects include: Tambour Console Cabinet, Little Lending Library, Over-the-Sink Cutting Board and Modern Coffee Table
Techniques include: Working with a Benchtop Sander, Making Steep Angle Cuts with a Scroll Saw, Making Bowls from a Burl and Finishing Marquetry
Premium Plans
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PROJECT: Ultimate Miter Saw Stand
Accuracy, tearout prevention, storage and dust collection are key features of this hardworking shop fixture.
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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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.
Gift Project Plans
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Making a Memorial Flag Case
A simple tenoning jig and table saw setup make is much easier to make those bottom corners fit perfectly.
Outdoor Project Plans
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CLASSIC PROJECT: Rustic Chickadee Cabin Birdhouse
You can complete this attractive home for your feathered friends in a weekend!
