Tips & Techniques
Four Good Ways to Build Drawers
Our staff offers simple, strong and fast ways to make this important furniture component.
Best Oak Money Can't Buy
Learn how to produce stock for joinery projects.
Routing Essentials
The Woodsmith Technique Collection: Routing Essentials contains everything you need to know for safe and accurate routing.
Ripping Essentials
This technique collection contains everything you need to know for safe and accurate rip cuts on your table saw every time.
Crosscut Essentials
This technique collection contains everything you need to know for accurate crosscuts on the table saw time after time.
Woodworking Essentials Chapter 5: Advanced Table Saw Joinery
This download will show you how to make woodworking joints on the table saw with and without jigs.
Tricks of the Trade: Shooting Board for Veneer
There isn’t much to this essential jig, but you’ll get a lot out of it.
Properly Pegged Joints
Digging into whether or not reinforcing a mortise and tenon with a peg makes it a stronger joint.
Casework Construction: Wood Selection and Prep
Choose the best wood for your project.
The Right Way to Prepare Lumber
To true your wood with your joiner and planer, the steps you follow are critical to your success.
10 Tricks for Tight Joints
Learn some of our editor's favorite ways to get seamless, rock-solid joints.
Casework Construction: Beginning Principles
This opening chapter in our seven-part series covers terminology, history and design principles behind great casework.