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You use your table saw routinely for ripping and crosscutting wood in perfectly straight lines, guided by the fence or miter gauge. Tilt the blade or adjust the gauge, and you get straight bevels or mitered cuts.

This bookcase project combines some deceptively challenging woodworking to create a durable, attractive and modern storage system.

What wood should be used to build cutting boards?

Enjoy this combination machine’s expansive jointing capabilites, then change it over quickly for planing without removing the fence.

This Shaker-inspired rocking chair combines classic joinery and construction with modern woodworking techniques.

Make a custom closet storage system that perfectly fits your storage needs. This DIY closet cabinet system is designed to make it easy to mix and match different components to make the most use out of your closet space.

When and how do you remove the bubbles that appear during the epoxy pouring process?

Threaded inserts can come in handy for certain assembly tasks. T-nuts — a variation of threaded inserts — are another niche piece of hardware that add a helpful arrow to your woodworking quiver.

New water-based polyurethane topcoat adds protection to bare or painted wood without imparting color or altering sheen.

A mitered corner is a clean joint that hides the end grain of the box sides. The downside of a mitered corner is not the strongest joint because it is formed by connection of two end grain faces. One way to strengthen this joint is to run a dowel through

Our finishing expert and publisher agree that meticulous prep work is key to achieving “glassy smooth” with paint.