Shop Tour: The Dedicated Custom Guitar Builder’s Shop Building guitars requires a combination of woodworking precision, acoustics knowledge, and metalworking skill that makes a guitar builder’s shop different […]
Build a Jig Storage Cabinet for Your Crosscut Sled and Router Jigs Jigs are the tools you build to use other tools – and they tend to be […]
How to Build Projects Without a Truck – Sourcing, Cutting, and Transporting Materials Not every woodworker has a truck or a van. Getting sheet goods and long lumber […]
Build a Dedicated Dog Hole and Tail Vise System for the Workbench Dog holes and a tail vise transform a basic workbench into a versatile workholding platform. Dog […]
Shop Tour: The Custom Knife Maker’s Garage Studio Knife making bridges woodworking, metalworking, and leatherwork in a single craft. This garage studio is purpose-built for production of custom […]
Using a Track Saw Instead of a Table Saw A track saw and a table saw are both ripping tools, but they are not interchangeable – they excel […]
Converting a Closet Into a Functional Mini Workshop A standard reach-in closet – 6 feet wide by 2.5 feet deep – has enough space for a serious hand […]
Hand Tool Woodworking in a Bedroom – It Actually Works A bedroom workshop running entirely on hand tools is quieter than watching television, produces shavings that sweep up […]
Mini Spray Booth for the Home Shop Finishing is dangerous without proper ventilation. Solvent-based finishes release flammable vapors that ignite from a spark or static discharge. Even waterbased […]
Woodworking in an Apartment – No Garage, No Problem You can do serious woodworking without a garage. Apartment woodworkers have been making furniture in spare bedrooms, balconies, and […]