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The greatest luxury for a woodworker is setting up a new shop in a completely empty space. Whether it's a garage, basement, utility building or something different, the fact that it's empty means you can arrange everything from scratch. No need to work around existing cabinets, furniture, or someone else’s idea of what a shop should be – you’re starting with a blank page.The possibilities are endless, and when you’re standing in the middle of a great big nothing, maybe a little daunting. But by keeping five main considerations in mind, your new shop will fit your needs perfectly.

In this video, Paul Jackman makes a table from a 140 year old hard maple cookie slab from my grandmother's property.

The band saw is an essential machine to have in the workshop. It's a machine that can do many tasks that other machines can't. One of those tasks is resawing. Resawing is basically cutting large stock down, generally in its longer length but, the band saw is also capable of cutting stock into shorter widths to dissect boards into parts that can be used for smaller components and furniture. Additionally, the band saw is the one machine in your shop that can resaw veneer. 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.

Like a regular bridle joint, a mitered bridle joint has a lot of long grain to long grain glue strength, but it has an attractive miter where the grain wraps around. This could be used on a door frame or the top of a jewelry box when a smoother aesthetic is desired. A mitered bridle joint has more steps to cut than a regular bridle joint, but this video breaks it down simply. 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.

A frame miter is just like it sounds; cutting miters on wood that will become a picture frame or door frame. This is different from a carcase miter, which is generating a box through mitering, and a different cutting process. There are multiple methods of cutting frame miters, such as using a miter fence on a table saw or using a chop saw. This video introduces a specific shop made jig to cut perfect miters. 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.

A bridle joint is a very strong joint that has a lot of long grain to long grain glue surface and is a great option when working with smaller sized components, such as a jewelry box lid or a small cabinet door where a regular mortise and tenon might have too small a shoulder area. 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.

In this video, Chris Salomone designs and builds a prototype of a high chair for his son.

Shut the box is a traditional pub game, also called Canoga. The game requires a box with tiles numbers 1 to 9. Dice are thrown and the numbers are covered until all the numbers are gone or the players run out of turns. Making the box for your Shut the Box game is a fun project and a great way to show off your woodworking skills. This Shut the Box game box design features box joints. One of the best and easiest ways to form box joints is by using a router table and theRockler Box Joint Jig . This Shut the Box Game free project plan plan includes a complete list of materials, drawings and step-by-step instructions.

A tapered leg is a popular design technique used in many types of furniture including desks, tables, dressers, and chairs. This technique gives furniture an elegant and refined look and is commonly seen in Shaker and Country style furniture. Tapers are relatively easy and can be cut in a variety of ways. This video will walk you through how to cut taper legs using a table saw or bandsaw. 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.

Here are five woodworking gift ideas that woodworkers will love. These are woodworking tools that just about any woodworker can use, no matter what type of projects they build or tools they already have in their workshop. It's not too late to stop by your local Rockler store or order online. And, if you want more gift ideas for woodworkers, check out our 2021 Gift Guide.

A finger joint, also called a box joint, is machine cut joint that generates a lot of long grain to long grain glue strength and is a quick joint to cut once the machine is set up. It can be tricky to get a perfectly tight joint, but this video gives the techniques to achieve great finger joints. 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.