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...
Pricing Your Custom Woodworking Projects: Some Handy Tips
Whether you’re an upcoming woodworker or an experienced one or just planning to start your woodworking business, when it comes to pricing your custom woodworking projects, you need to be sensible so that you make something out of it. Pricing your customized woodwork projects is done by taking certain parameters into account. when clients ask what the cost of a particular bespoke piece of furniture is, it could vary from...
What is Wood Veneer? Advantages and Disadvantages
What is wood veneer? Veneer used for woodworking projects refers to thin wood slices, often lesser than 3 mm (1/8 inch). They are usually stuck onto core panels made of wood, MDF or particle board and used for cabinets, parts of furniture, doors, parquet floors and marquetry. It is therefore a kind of manufactured board. Wood veneer is obtained by peeling off a tree trunk or slicing off large blocks of wood or flitches. If you can see...
The Basic Woodworking
- Use Screw or Nail the Wood?
- 10 DIY Wood Stains That are Homemade Easily
- How To Fill Wood Cracks?
- Chisel Buying Guide You Should Follow
- How to Make a Windsor Chair
- How to Find the Best Jigsaw
- What Average Teak Wood Price You Can Expect From Your Manufacturer?
- Why Do Painters Wear White?
- DIY Project Idea: Crafting Your First Fireplace
- What is Mango Wood? Features and Uses