Staining wood has been used for centuries to enhance and preserve wood projects. Learning how to stain wood properly will save you time, headaches, and heartache. After spending hours making a perfect trinket box, ruining it during the staining process can be crushing (yes, the voice of experience is whispering in your ear). Every type… Continue reading How to Stain Wood: Tips for Newbs and Old Hats Alike
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Everything You Need to Know about Wood Engraving
Let’s complete a little experiment: look around your home at the wooden objects you own. You might see a dining table, picture frames, doors, kitchen or bathroom cabinetry, a wooden welcome sign in the foyer, or that coaster set from Uncle Bob with your last name in them. You probably won’t be surprised to hear… Continue reading Everything You Need to Know about Wood Engraving
The Best Wood Burning Tool to Have in Your Workshop
Wood burning is a beautiful skill that melds woodworking and drawing, allowing you to take your woodworking skills or artwork to the next level. If you’re looking to get involved with wood burning, you need the best wood burning tool. Product FAQ 1. What Is a Wood Burning Tool? The tool used for wood burning… Continue reading The Best Wood Burning Tool to Have in Your Workshop
The Best Wood Glue for Woodworking Projects
Everyone at one point or another has the need for a wood glue. If you’ve ever gone to a store to buy wood glue, you probably discovered a myriad of different types and products. It is easy to wonder what is the best wood glue for the project that you are working on.We have assembled… Continue reading The Best Wood Glue for Woodworking Projects
A Journeyman’s Guide to Saws for the Hobbyist
There are some things that are so fundamental that there’s simply no alternative. Let’s say you needed to cut a beam of wood in two – what tool are you going to need? You guessed it – a saw. People have been using saws in various forms for several thousand years – probably just as… Continue reading A Journeyman’s Guide to Saws for the Hobbyist
A Review of the Makita RT0701C: What You Need to Know
Whether you are a professional construction worker, a handyman, or just a DIY homemaker, you know how important it is to have a good variety of tools in your toolkit. There are many well-known tools that are considered staples for a toolkit, one of which is a router such as the Makita RT0701C. This router… Continue reading A Review of the Makita RT0701C: What You Need to Know