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How To Choose Between Plywood Types If you’ve never used plywood before and decide to purchase some for you next woodworking project, you’ll be in for a rude awakening! If you thought it was as simple as picking out the first piece you see, think again! For a start, you have to contend with the… Continue reading How To Choose Between Plywood Types

How to Make a Pocket Hole When it comes to making a beautiful wooden creation, joining the timber can be something of a challenge and for less experienced woodworkers, making the kind of mistake that messes up the project is a real possibility. This is why we recommend learning pocket hole joinery as it is… Continue reading How to Make a Pocket Hole

How To Dry Wood At Home Drying wood correctly is essential or else your project could become a disaster. You may think all’s well when the project is completed but soon, glue joints begin to crack and different parts of the timber start to warp. Before you know it, the entire project is ruined and… Continue reading How To Dry Wood At Home

How to Make a Secure Butt Joint The butt joint is arguably the easiest method of joining two boards or panels. It is used to increase a panel’s width rather than the length of the board. You can butt joint wood in a variety of different ways: edge to edge, end to edge and end… Continue reading How to Make a Secure Butt Joint

How To Remove Rust on Woodworking Tools You might have heard the old saying “rust never sleeps” which is sadly true when it comes to woodworking tools! In pretty much every garage across the United States you will find lonely and abandoned tools. Perhaps you’ve forgotten they’re even there anymore but once you come across… Continue reading How To Remove Rust on Woodworking Tools

How To Make A Dovetail Joint The dovetail joint is one of the most commonly used woodworking methods for joining two pieces of wood together. One of the features of this technique is the immense strength of the joint; it doesn’t require screws or any other kind of fasteners to keep the wood together. Dovetails… Continue reading How To Make A Dovetail Joint