Build Push Sticks Yourself Push sticks for feeding stock across stationary tool tables can be purchased ready-made, but they are easy to make in the shop using 3/4-inch plywood scraps and a band saw or saber saw. The variations shown above can serve as rough guides, but no one shape is ideal for every situation. [...]

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Crosscutting is the act of cutting your workpiece across the grain of the wood – or “cutting to length”. Usually, it’s best to crosscut your stock to length before ripping it to width. Why? Because it’s easier to rip short pieces of stock than to rip long ones. Here are the top tips for your [...]

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Choosing A Brush While a seasoned finisher can apply a stain or topcoat skillfully with virtually any brush, most people are better off  buying a good-quality tool. There are two kinds of brushes on the market: natural- and synthetic-bristle types. Natural-bristle brushes are made from boar, sable, camel, ox or badger hair. Boar bristle(“Chins hog”) [...]

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Here are the professional  maintenance tips for your portable home power tools: 1. Read your owner’s manual carefully before operating any tool. 2. Do not use a tool if any of its parts is loose or damaged; inspect blades, bits, and accessories before starting an operation. 3.  Keep blades and bits clean and sharp; discard [...]

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STEP 1:  GRINDING OR LAPPING For badly scratched or nicked cutting edges, start the process by squaring the cutting edge, grinding the bevel, then lapping or flattening the back of the blade. Grinding is done with a bench grinder and coarse stones such as Washita; lap with rough abrasives or lapping compounds on a lapping [...]

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When I was a kid I thought working wood was really difficult. It was too,because my dad’s tool bench was dominated by rough screwdrivers and assorted wrenches, dull saws, and a few auger bits. I remember it with fondness because it helped set me on my life’s path, but it sure didn’t encourage me to [...]

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Every woodworking project begins with a single mark-a line describing the size and shape of the work’s first piece. Inscribed accurately and followed skillfully, this measurement and others that follow will guide the woodcrafter unerringly toward successful completion of an object of beauty. But much is at stake: Inaccurate or erratic measurement can doom a [...]

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Make Safety a habit, and you’ll be much less likely to encounter a problem. Here are the most important  safety rules that every woodworker should always follow. GENERAL: 1.Make sure workshop lighting and ventilation are adequate. 2.Keep children, onlookers, and pets away from the work area. 3.Concentrate on the job; do not rush or take [...]

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At one time or another, virtually every woodworker has looked upon tool sharpening as a rainy-day task, an onerous duty undertaken only as a last resort that seems calculated to delay progress on the moment’s favorite project. Although it may be impossible to persuade all woodworkers to embrace the joys of tool sharpening-as some do-sooner [...]

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