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In my last blog on the coffee table, I had the rib cage all glued up. Right after that was done I moved to install the 1/4 inch plywood. This blog ...

First off, here’s a photo that shows why I like to use self adhesive shelf paper for initial assembly. It allows me to set the piece up with equal ...

In the last blog I was facing bubbles and a slew of problems. pictures of some problems below: I decided to rip it apart to find out the root cause...

Hi, my name is Jerry and I am new here. I live in Niagara Falls Ont. Canada and like you, I love making things with my hands and favorite power too...

This interview, with Kiefer, is from December, 2014 1. What is your “inspiration story” — where did your interest in woodworking all begin? My uncl...

Theme: The Joys of Toys … of building them, giving them, and receiving them. This Awards celebrates the child in each of us by creating a wooden to...

I saw a parquetry picture on google and wanted to make it. I had small leftover of salvaged Douglas fir from my picnic table I also had some small ...

Marquetry: “art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns, designs or pictures” http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Our 2014 Christmas Giveaway is over and it’s time to announce a lucky winner chosen at random from the authors of 107 creations posted during the e...

A riggedy-jig and away we go … Woodworkers do love their jigs and if they don’t, they probably just haven’t tried one yet. So many uses and so many...

With the design decided and the drawer front marquetry installed the time finally came to tackle the cutting of the end motifs. This is by far the ...