Woodworking Department
Our Woodworking department, suitable for both beginner and experienced woodworkers, will teach you all about this quintessential handcraft. Read about the basics or move onto advanced topics to learn how to use tools such as routers and scrollsaws, apply finishes and fasten together woodwork, an art called joinery.
The department features free samples and free project ideas, calculators, an inch/meter converter, a glossary of terms, free woodworking catalogs and more. Our online shopping center will help you order your woodworking supplies quickly and easily.
Recent Videos and Tutorials
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Even rural areas and small apartments can have fresh food and herbs by gardening with PVC pipe. This small PVC planter holds small pots.
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How to reattach a table leg that has fallen off a table
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How to Make a Pine Cone Garland
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Try this quick and easy way to repair and conceal scratches on wood furniture.
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Log Tea Light Candle Holder Tutorial
Book and Magazine Recommendations
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Spike Carlsen24 Great Di-It-Yourself projects. Give your child a unique gift of a lifetime?without breaking your checkbook?and you and your kid will have fun making it! Building Unique and Useful Kids’ Furniture: 24 Great Do-It-Yourself Projects gives complete step-by-step instructions for building 24 professionally designed one-of-a-kind children’s furniture projects that are easy to build and your kids will love.
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This magazine is for all skill levels of wood craftsmen with design ideas, techniques and projects.
New Stuff
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An article and chart explaining the actual plywood thickness.
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Inch Calculator
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This calculator computes for the lengths and angles measurements of an angled plank to be cut flush to a vertical and horizontal plane.
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Handy Math
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Quantity, Centers and Spacing with Running Measurements
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Blocklayer
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Board footage helps you make an educated guess as to how much lumber you'll need. How To calculate board feet.
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Woodworkers Source
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The online fraction calculator calculates the fraction value of any decimal number. You can select 16ths, 32nds, 64ths, or 100ths precision values. This calculator that converts decimal values to fractions is very useful on projects where a tape measure is being used.
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My Carpentry
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Estimate the sheets of 4×8 plywood needed for walls, floors, and ceilings.
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Inch Calculator
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This free online calculator with fractions is great for squaring construction projects where a tape measure is being used.
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My Carpentry
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The stair calculator is used for calculating stair rise and run, stair angle, stringer length, step height, tread depth, and the number of steps required for a given run of stairs.
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My Carpentry
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The Drawer Sizer helps you design drawers for furniture such as an armoire, chest or drawers, or a dresser.
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WoodBin
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Here is a bare-bones board foot calculator for tallying up lumber requirements.
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WoodBin