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Whether you're building a deck chair or a dining room table, African mahogany aims to please.

Paul Jackman's shoe box is more than meets the eye, with a hidden compartment that houses some fantastic surprises.

What is causing white marks on freshly sanded cherry?

In this video, Michael Alm covers the basics of making picture frames.

How should you finish a softwood workbench?

In this video, Chris Salomone builds an angular modern dining chair!

What are the best woods and finishes for making knife handles?

How do you keep stain from bleeding through porous wood like red oak?

These easy-to-make benches are attractive and practical. Our author suggests you size them to fit your needs.

In this video, Michael Alm makes his own patterned plywood and brass sconces.

If you use drawers as one way to organize your shop, you’ve probably got at least a few drawers that serve as “catch-alls” for anything and everything. And sometimes “junk drawers” are fine, because the contents of the drawer aren’t valuable or fragile or part of an important set. When it comes to valuable tools, like hand planes, the last thing you want to do is toss these into a drawer. They deserve dedicated storage where other tools and supplies can’t damage them. And tools with sharp, delicate edges — like these chisels — deserve special protection too. For these sorts of situations and more, Rockler’s Foam Organizers for drawers can help.