Search:

I have a Delta model 17-900 16-1/2 inch drill press, floor model. It has had very light use, no mishaps and it works fine but I'm having a problem trying to correct the tilt of the table.

Under...

Make sure you get a burnisher and learn how to restore the scraper edge. It is a process very different from sharpening other kinds of blades. There are good articles in books and some videos I...

In a situation like this where you have the option I would have the logs quartersawn. The more experience I have with woodworking the more I want to work only with quartersawn wood. It warps less...

Peter,

The cabinet I'm building will have two doors and I want the book-matched pieces to serve as the same part for each door. E.g. the top stile of the left door will be book-matched with the...

I need a pair of cabinet door rails and I want them to be book-matched pieces of red oak 3/4" thick, 4" wide, 20" long. I have plenty of quarter-sawn, 4/4 red oak stock. I plan to make the...

I've learned a lot from this thread. I tried the wet rag method Gene suggested and sure enough it straightened out nicely. Peter's suggestion about putting the veneer on both sides of a board is...

Harry,

When you say lay a piece of grass on it, exactly what do you mean?

I want to make two door stiles with bookmatched front faces. Each stile is to be 60 in. long and 3/4 in. thick.

I took a piece of quarter-sawn red oak and resawed in into two strips each 5/32...

Making a mirror edge is fun but what is really important is that the edge be sharp. If you get the edge so that it shaves the hair on your arm (be careful) then you know it is literally razor sharp...

There is a sequence of steps for milling a board to desired dimensions with hand tools. As Mike says it starts with flattening one face and then, using that flat face as a reference, scribing a line...

I always find myself trying to label pieces of stock as I proceed with a project. For example when I've decided that a piece will be the left front stile and select which side of the piece will be...

You might consider building your own. I built one from plans I got from American Woodworker magazine a couple of years ago. Works well, has a good drift adjustment, is easy to add attachments to,...

Remember that you can use featherboards in many cases regardless of what kind of splitter and blade guard you use. They can make ripping safer and they make it easier to make a perfectly straight...

When you get to the point where you want to build the rip saw, take a look at frame saw designs. Supposedly a woodworker can do rip cuts with a regular bowsaw by angling the blade so that the frame...

Brad,

Thanks for your reply. I'm getting convinced that the instructions for joining the frames to make the cabinet were just accidentally left out of the plans and that I should glue the frames...

Here's a question for some experienced cabinetmakers.

I'm building a traditional-style (close to Stickley) bookcase of red oak with glass doors and frame-and-panel cabinet construction. The basic...

So you don't let it sit after the rough cutting and before further milling?

I just bought some red oak, S2S, from a local reputable lumber yard. (I normally buy it rough and mill it myself.) All dimensions of the boards are larger than the final dimensions I need and I'll...

Thanks for the info, Robert.

Robert, your post is interesting. I guess there are always lots of ways to do something. When you say you use your #5 I guess that means a Stanley #5 or equivalent. Do you have an actual Stanley...

I use my Lie-Nielsen scrub plane for flattening boards. I too wondered if the ridges and grooves it leaves would make it hard to use winding sticks but I've found that that is not a problem. It...

I've learned a lot about drawers from these two books, but they both have a lot to offer on many other woodworking matters:

Designing and Building Cabinets. The Taunton Press, 2004.

This book...