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Norman Pirollo from WoodSkills shared the woodworking tip featured in this video. Norman demonstrates the sash fillister, a specialized hand plane historically used to cut rabbets and profiles for sash windows, and contrasts it with the more common plow plane. …
This project was built and designed by Gary Herd from The Bearded Woodworker. Gary repurposed a low-cost Harbor Freight furniture dolly into a mobile A-frame clamp rack to bring order to a crowded shop. The result is a simple, adaptable …
These projects were built and designed by Clinton from Specific Love Creations. Clinton demonstrates three practical and approachable projects made from cedar fence pickets that are ideal for beginners looking to make useful home accents and yard accessories. Watch the …
This project was built and designed by Connor from Shopfix. Connor repurposed an older table saw and built a rigid, modular workstation around it to improve accuracy, storage, and workflow in a small shop. The result is a multifunctional bench …
This project was built and designed by Connor from Shopfix. Connor shows how relatively simple, well-considered acoustic panels can kill reverb, tighten low end, and visually lift a one-car garage shop into a cleaner, more professional workspace. Watch the full …
This project was built and designed by Keaton Beyer. This short project turns leftover shop material into a small frame-and-panel vase that balances precise joinery with a conservation-minded approach to using wood scraps. Watch the full video and subscribe to …
This project was built and designed by Jon Peters of Longview Woodworking. This build shows a clean mid-century modern end table veneered in quarter-cut walnut with two drawers and a subtle waterfall edge, designed to be approachable for a home …
This project was built and designed by Tom from Alley Picked. Tom rescued a broken, early-20th-century walnut dresser found at the curb and set out to repurpose it into a sturdy, upholstered bench. The build kept as much original material …
Walk into a new housing development today, and you see the same house repeated 500 times. They are beige. They are vinyl. They are “safe.” Now, drive through a town built 100 years ago. You see personality. You see geometry …
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 …