7 Woodworking Projects Perfect For Gift Giving
We’re already bang into the season of giving gifts. As always, handmade gifts are more appreciated than store-bought items. So, here we present 7 woodworking projects perfect for gift giving for all seasons or events. Here you go: DIY Spice Rack For anyone who loves rustling up a good dish for dinner, this spice rack is going to be the perfect gift. You can use scrap wood to make it and your friend or relative who receives it can...
How to Use SketchUp for Woodworking
SketchUp is a 3-dimensional documentation and modelling tool used extensively in woodworking, construction, architectural engineering, marketing, and product design. Though the inventors of this tool never had woodworking on their radar, this tool is also for these professionals. Perhaps, you want to create certain small pieces using SketchUp. You can do this very easily and the net result will be superb, no doubt. So, if you’re...
How to Make a Windsor Chair
We all know what a Windsor Chair is, but have you seen a well-crafted, quality Windsor Chair that speaks about its creator? Well, it is one thing to appreciate it, and another to create it. While I was looking for videos and articles on how to make a Windsor Chair, I received an email from Mike Dunbar. (Lucky for me!) He had made Windsor chairs for 45 years. Beginning in 1980 he taught Windsor chair-making around the United States and...
17 Modern Furniture Designs for Woodworking Inspiration
Woodworking is a fun and enjoyable hobby that anyone can learn. You can quickly become proficient enough to make your own furniture. All you need are the right tools and a little bit of practice, and you can start designing and crafting quality furniture pieces in no time! Tools and Materials You need a few essential tools that will help you design and build that perfect table, chair or other piece. Some of the basics include: Power...
17 Clever Tool Storage Ideas
Once you use a tool, you set it aside and later wonder where you took it out from. Unfortunately, not all of us are as organized as we would like to be, or as our professions would demand. For instance, if you work with tools, you need to organize and store them correctly, but whoever does? If you’ve been wondering how your counterparts save time and energy just by being well-organized, take a leaf out of their book here. We...
What To Get My Dad For Christmas – 20 Best Ideas
For weeks now, you’ve been trying to think of “what to get my dad for Christmas”? What could it be? And then finally it struck you that for a woodworker like him, there’s no better gift than a wooden object. Should it be work-related or something out of the work sphere? If you still need to refine your thoughts, take a look at the ideas we have for woodworking gifts for Dads: Knife Block: All you need to make a...