FREE Woodworking Plans
Download these free woodworking plans for your next project. You'll find plans for cabinets, desks, bookshelves, tables, kitchen items, toys, and much more!
Woodworking How-To
Find the tips, tricks, and techniques for your woodworking shop from wood preparation to finished cabinetry with doors and drawers. You'll also learn about joinery, measuring, and wood finishes.
WOOD Magazine: The world's most trusted woodworking resource
WOOD Magazine is the world's most trusted woodworking resource and your premier source for woodworking info, shop-proven plans, tool reviews, and videos.
Bench Vises - Wood
2024年3月6日 · Think of a bench vise as a tool that's as essential to your success as a hand plane, router, or tablesaw. Although clamps might substitute in some situations, they tend to get in the way, and a vise gives you freedom to do almost any type of work. Woodworking vises differ from metalworking vises in that they attach to the bottom of the bench surface or are built into …
Plan a Whole-shop Dust-collection System - Wood
2022年8月8日 · Locating the collector centrally in the duct run, rather than at one end, helps minimize duct-run lengths. In the WOOD photo studio shop, we placed the collector in a corner with two trunks running from it [above].This puts it out of the way, yet close to the chip-producing tools that demand the most of a dust collector: the tablesaw and planer.
Finishes and Finishing - Wood
Don't be intimidated by the finishing process. We'll guide you to the right finish for your project—polyurethane, lacquer, shellac, and more—and show you how to get picture-perfect, repeatable results.
Our 20 Best Router Tips and Tricks - Wood
2021年11月3日 · The method shown below left uses different drill bit thicknesses to exactly set a router's plunge depth.First, place the router on your bench and plunge the bit until it touches the benchtop. Then lock it in place. Loosen the depth stop-rod, and sandwich a drill bit of a diameter equal to the plunge depth between the turret stop and rod.
25 Best Innovations of the Past 25 Years - Wood
2023年7月7日 · Launched in 1984, WOOD® magazine is the world's most trusted woodworking resource — a distinction we've earned by guaranteeing our readers' success in their woodworking shops.It is the mission of our staff to inspire and inform woodworkers at every stage of their journey by providing reliable and accurate project plans, woodworking techniques, and product …
Glossary of Wood Words
2024年4月3日 · Launched in 1984, WOOD® magazine is the world's most trusted woodworking resource — a distinction we've earned by guaranteeing our readers' success in their woodworking shops.It is the mission of our staff to inspire and inform woodworkers at every stage of their journey by providing reliable and accurate project plans, woodworking techniques, and product …
What Finish Is That Anyway? - Wood
2017年11月15日 · Launched in 1984, WOOD® magazine is the world's most trusted woodworking resource — a distinction we've earned by guaranteeing our readers' success in their woodworking shops.It is the mission of our staff to inspire and inform woodworkers at every stage of their journey by providing reliable and accurate project plans, woodworking techniques, and product …