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What is the best Festool sandpaper for your woodworking projects?

This juice groove router jig makes the process of routing the cutting board juice grooves easy, accurate and adjustable. 

Rockler offers both Aluminum and Phenolic router plates that fit nearly every router on the market. Read on for more information about choosing a guide for your router table.

Take a look at some of the most common screws you will need for either interior or exterior woodworking applications.

Woodworking branding irons are a popular tool among woodworkers and crafters looking to add a personalized, professional touch to their creations.

Here are some common finishes with simple guides to their appearance, durability and application.

Lumber is not always flat and ready to use. Sometimes woodworkers must flatten a board before using it to build a project. There are several ways to flatten a board. One of the most efficient ways to flatten a board is by using a powered thickness planer, such as the DeWalt DW735x Planer. This planer makes it easy to mill lumber flat. It features a three knife cutter-head that delivers 30% longer knife life and makes knife changes faster and easier. A fan-assisted chip ejection system vacuums chips off of the cutter-head and exhausts them out of the machine keeping your workspace clean.Learn more about this planer's features and a couple tips that will help you get the most out of your planer.

Our 3-in-1 Cabinet Scraper Sharpening Tool is the only tool on the market to combine a file, 2500-grit diamond hone and hardened steel burnishing rod into one tool to cover the entire process of sharpening a card scraper. It simplifies the multi-step process of restoring a sharp edge to card scrapers and cabinet scrapers. Thanks to the angle guides on the sides, it promises a uniform burr for incredibly thin shavings. The parts of the sharpener are numbered with the sequential steps needed for a sharp edge: file, hone, draw the burr and turn the burr.

A hand plane is a versatile and inexpensive woodworking tool. It has a sharp blade that flattens, shapes and smooths wood boards. Hand planes are used by woodworkers, carpenters, cabinet makers and DIYers. There are many types of hand plane variations, each serving their own function and purpose. Like any cutting tool, a hand plane performs best when sharp. This video was produced for its free video library by The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine. The Center is a nonprofit, international woodworking school dedicated to providing the best possible education in wood craftsmanship and design.

Cribbage is a fun card game. It's easy to make a cribbage board with the Rockler Cribbage Board Drilling Templates . The acrylic cribbage templates let you drill hundreds of

Woodworking's not much fun when the space you're working in feels more like an oven than a shop. Luckily, there are many ways to make a shop cooler and more comfortable.