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SANDING WOOD TRIM: An Easier & Much Better Way
Updated on May 23rd, 2020
UPDATED 22May2020 + videos below: If you want to boost your woodworking game, you need to know the best way of sanding...Continue Reading
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23 GAUGE PIN NAILERS: Best Kept Woodworking Secret
Updated on May 23rd, 2020
WATCH VIDEO ABOVE: Instant and virtually invisible wood joints This is what 23-gauge pin nailers deliver They’re...Continue Reading
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SHARPENING WOODWORKING TOOLS: Faster Method Yields Amazi...
Updated on June 18th, 2020
Watch this short video demonstration of how a shop-built buffing wheel sharpening system works It's fast and very...Continue Reading
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What’s The Best Way to Finish Wood?
Published onMay 19th, 2020
UPDATED 19May2020 + video: Sooner or later, most homeowners get the urge to finish or refinish interior wood It’s...Continue Reading
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Good Things Happen in Garage Workshops
Published onMay 15th, 2020
The small, simple garage has been the birthplace of many great things Walt Disney started in one, and so did Hewlett...Continue Reading
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SPADE BITS DULL? Learn to Sharpen Them Yourself Easily
Updated on May 15th, 2020
Spade bits are one of my favourite tools for boring holes in wood and most plastics Precision is the reason why...Continue Reading
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OUTDOOR PLAYSETS: Tips & Plans for Building Your Ow...
Updated on May 9th, 2020
UPDATED 8May2020: In the Toronto, Canada suburb where I grew up in the 1970s, almost none of my friends had their own...Continue Reading
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CANES & WALKING STICKS: It’s Easy to Whittle ...
Updated on April 25th, 2020
UPDATED 23APR2020: I’m seeing more and more people walking with canes & walking sticks these days, but none of...Continue Reading
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WOODWORKING WISDOM: Five Tips You’ve Probably Neve...
Updated on April 25th, 2020
UPDATED 24Apr2020: I'm a cabinetmaker and wrote my first magazine article in 1988 for Canadian Home Workshop magazine,...Continue Reading
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TIMBER FRAME DETAILS: Easier Ways to Build With Beautifu...
Updated on April 25th, 2020
UPDATED 23Apr2020 + video below: I live in Canada, and my country probably grows more big trees than any other...Continue Reading