Pegboard has a reputation problem. It’s associated with home improvement store displays and the vaguely depressing aesthetics of an unfinished garage. But in the hands of a thoughtful […]
Shop safety advice is everywhere – and most of it is either too abstract to act on (“always wear eye protection”) or too specific to apply generally (“when […]
Sometimes one small build changes how you think about your entire shop. For woodworker and furniture maker Tom, it was a chisel rack. He spent an afternoon building […]
There is no quicker, cheaper, or more transformative shop upgrade than better lighting. This statement is easy to agree with and hard to act on, because most of […]
The toolbox is a trap. It’s how most of us start – a metal chest with drawers, or a rolling cabinet, or a job site box – and […]
The best tips don’t come from books. They come from people who’ve made the mistake and figured out the fix. We put out a call to our reader […]
There is a type of woodworker for whom the arrangement of hand tools on a wall is as much a craft as the furniture being made. The hand […]
The outfeed table is one of those shop elements that most woodworkers build as an afterthought – a surface to catch boards coming off the table saw, built […]
The hardware problem starts small. A few bags of screws, a box of nails, some assorted bolts from past projects. Then it grows: specialty screws for the deck […]
Fixed storage works great until the project you’re building doesn’t fit the setup you’ve built. A large furniture build needs open floor space. A finishing session needs the […]