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101 Woodworking Tips & Techniques
Learn all types of tips and techniques for tablesaw, finishing, gluing, sanding, and more.
Woodsmith Tips
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CORDS - Cord Wrap
To keep power cords rolled up when not in use, try using elastic ponytail holders. The best holders are the type with a small plastic ball at each end.
WoodNet.net
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Cove Moulding
Instructions for making cove moulding with a table saw.
Binky's Woodworking
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Cutting Box
Repetitive cuts can be cut squarely and accurately every time with this cutting box for your circular saw. It is easy enough to make that different sizes can be made for projects as they come along.
Green Thumb Garden Goodies
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Depth Stop
A piece of masking tape around a drill bit can be a great depth stop indicator.
Wood Zone
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Drawers
How to make drawers with a 45° Lock Miter Router Bit.
Binky's Woodworking
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Easy Picture Frames
Attractive and unique picture frames can be made with basic tools, for some only a saw and a square are needed. Sawdust Making shows you how....
Sawdust Making 101
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GLUE
To help prevent the glue from drying out, squeeze out the air of the bottle after you finish using it. The glue will last longer.
Needlepointers.com
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GLUE
When gluing up a project it’s inevitable that some of the glue will squeeze out of the joint. It’s best to wait for the glue to "gel up" before scraping it off with a sharp chisel or razor blade. Wiping up the glue before it gels can spread it over the surface of the wood and cause you a lot of sanding later.
Wood Zone
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GLUE - SPREADING GLUE
When spreading glue out across a wood joint don’t use your fingers! This introduces dirt and oil that may weaken the joint. A better solution is to use an old paintbrush or a small section of a hacksaw blade. Scraps of wood also serve as an inexpensive spreader.
Wood Zone
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GLUING
If you do not have a glue brush, try an old toothbrush.
WoodNet.net
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Make a Hand Plane
How to make a small hand plane for precise trimming and surfacing.
Popular Mechanics
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MiterMaster
Take the guesswork out of compound miters with this handy calculator. Just enter the sides and slope.
Woodworker's Central
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PAINT CAN - STOP SPLATTERING
Use a common nail to tap a couple of small holes into the rim of the can. These holes allow extra paint that's trapped in the rim to drip out.
Wood Zone
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Paint Stripping
How to remove paint or vanish from furniture.
DIY Home Improvement
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Picture Frame Clamp
This is a handy easy to make clamp for picture frames with mitered corners.
Sawdust Making 101
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STORAGE IDEA
A skirted tables offer unlimited storage potential. Purchase a round plywood decorator table and cover it with a ready-made tablecloth. Stack beneath it hatboxes filled with sewing notions, crafting supplies or anything else you want to keep close at hand.
Country Sampler Decorating Ideas
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TRACING PATTERN
To trace a pattern on dark wood use a white pencil from an art supply store or a soapstone used in metal work. The light color will stand out against the dark wood.
Wood Zone
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WOOD FILLERS
When using a hardening filler, fill the holes before sanding the project. Then wait overnight to allow the filler to dry, and sand the wood and filler smooth.
Woodworking Tips
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WOODWORK
To remove grease and oil stains from woodworking projects, spray them with automobile starting fluid which contains ether. The stains come off and the wood dries almost immediately.
Refinish.com
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WOODWORK FINISHING
Remove the dust from your project prior to staining. You can vacuum it or you can use a tack cloth.
Proven Woodworking
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WOODWORKING
Working around power tools can be perfectly safe provided you work with care. Over-reaching or stretching to make a cut is an accident waiting to happen.
Woodzone.com
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WOODWORKING
Remember to sand with the grain of the wood.
WOODBIN
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WOODWORKING
Working around power tools can be perfectly safe provided you work with care. Over-reaching or stretching to make a cut is an accident waiting to happen.
Woodzone.com
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WOODWORKING
Discarded pantyhose or nylon stockings make an excellent application for urethane or polyurethane finished, particularly on contoured surfaces or turnings.
Gold Country Woodworks
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WOODWORKING
When gluing make sure surfaces to be glued are smooth, flat, and free of dust.
WOODBIN
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WOODWORKING
Woodworking - To fix a "little gap" on the outside of a miter joint, use the edge of a screwdriver to subtly round over the corners. The corners will close in and mask the gap. No wood putty!
WoodZone.com
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WOODWORKING
To avoid slippage when driving nails, it's a god idea to occasionally scuff up your hammer's head with coarse emery cloth, a file or an abrasive wheel.
WoodshopTips.com
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WOODWORKING
Make your own tacky cloth by soaking a diaper or piece of cheesecloth in turpentine and wringing it out until it's still fairly damp. Brush on stripes of varnish, roll up the cloth and wring out again. Repeat this process until you achieve the degree of stickiness you desire.
WoodshopTips.com
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WOODWORKING
To preserve your paper woodworking patterns, spray them lightly with aerosol hair spray. The spray will seal the surface and keep pencil lines from smudging.
Accents Woodcrafts
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