Matt Hagens 
I was sitting in my shop the other day, looking at a lopsided pine spice rack I made when I was 14. It’s uneven and the varnish is thick, but I keep it on the shelf for inspiration. It reminds …
Walk into a modern grocery store, and you see abundance wrapped in plastic. Everything is single-use. Everything is disposable. If a shirt loses a button, we throw it away. Now, step back into an American home in 1932. You aren’t …
I was sitting in my shop the other day, looking at a lopsided pine spice rack I made when I was 14. It’s uneven and the varnish is thick, but I keep it on the shelf for inspiration. It reminds …
Clinton from Specific Love Creations shared the woodworking tip featured in this video. A stop block is a small jig that guarantees repeatable, consistent cuts by giving stock a fixed place to register against a saw fence. This article summarizes …
This project was built and designed by Connor from Shopfix. The parallel guide jig is a shop-made alignment tool that references the table saw’s miter slot to create a dead-parallel reference face for aligning a misbehaving fence. It combines a …
This project was built and designed by Sam Macy. Sam set out to make a watch display that looks immovable at first glance but opens with a clever hidden magnetic hinge so watches can be slid on and off easily. …
Nick Starrett shared the woodworking tip featured in this video. Nick walks through a handful of everyday tools and shows small changes in how they’re used that make big improvements in accuracy and workflow. Watch the full video and subscribe …
Rob from Let’s Make Things shared the woodworking tip featured in this video. Rob demonstrates a simple, shop-built tall fence—called a Fence Sleeve—that slips over an existing table saw fence to give better support when cutting tall or narrow stock. …
Keaton Beyer shared the woodworking tip featured in this video. The video demonstrates a fast, approachable way to finish wood using shellac, highlighting why this traditional film finish remains popular for quick projects and easy repairs. The method focuses on …
Tom from Alley Picked built and designed the project featured in this video. Tom turned a half sheet of plywood and a stack of Harbor Freight storage bins into a compact, mobile parts cabinet with side-mounted tool holders. The build …
Remember standing in your grandparents’ house when everything was quiet? Not silent.Quiet. The kind of quiet where you could hear the house itself working. Homes used to make noise. Not accidental noise—but purposeful sounds. Sounds of heat, weight, movement, and …
You’ve probably seen them while scrolling late at night. Those perfectly styled shelves that look effortless, modern, and very expensive. Then you click the price. Suddenly that “simple” shelf costs hundreds of dollars. And somehow, it’s still just a board …
You’ve probably seen them while scrolling late at night. Those perfectly styled shelves that look effortless, modern, and very expensive. Then you click the price. Suddenly that “simple” shelf costs hundreds of dollars. And somehow, it’s still just a board …
Remember walking into Grandma’s house? That distinct smell. The heaviness of the air. The scent that hit you the moment you opened the front door. It wasn’t just “old house smell.” It was a mixture of life, work, and materials …
We’ve all been there—scrolling through Pinterest, happily pinning beautiful pallet projects, and confidently thinking, “I can definitely make that.” Or your spouse tells you “you can make this!” But somehow, when you finally drag a pallet home, pull out the …
Jeff from Today’s Craftsmen demonstrated the test featured in this video. Jeff introduces a compact pneumatic chamfering round-over tool as a dedicated, low-cost alternative to routers for breaking edges prior to finishing. Watch the full video and subscribe to TodaysCraftsmen: …
Nick Starrett shared the woodworking tips featured in this video. Nick compiles a handful of simple, professional-level shop tricks that improve accuracy, protect materials, and speed up common tasks without flashy tools or complicated setups. Watch the full video and …
This project was built and designed by Mike Montgomery from Modern Builds. Mike makes a simplified, modern take on a popsicle-stick–inspired Adirondack lounge chair and shows how careful layout and clean joinery can create a high-end look on a shoestring …