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Fine Woodworking editors
If you're looking for a new woodworking project try one of our video workshops. These are complete, online courses taught by some of the best woodworkers in the country, and include companion articles, project plans, and step-by-step video instruction.
And be sure to check out our video series Getting Started in Woodworking, which features essential instruction in using tools, choosing lumber, sharpening, and more. Plus, follow along as we build a basic workbench, a classic bookcase, a cutting board, and a small elegant box.
Two Ways to Make a Box with Matt Kenney
Craft a mitered box or learn a unique twist on the dovetail joint.
Make a Cabriole Leg with Philip C. Lowe How to carve and turn this quintessential Queen Anne element.
Craft a Sheraton-Style Leg with Philip C. Lowe Get an expert demonstration on turning this leg and carving elegant reeds.
Carve a Flame Finial with Philip C. Lowe
A seemingly daunting carving is broken into a series of manageable steps.
Build a Small Tool Cabinet with Garrett Hack Learn how to build a hanging cabinet perfect for your favorite hand tools or collectibles.
Build a Mission-Style Bed with Matt Berger Make an Arts and Crafts bed with step-by-step video instructions and learn smart shop tips for saving money and time.
Build a Garden Bench
with Matt Kenney
Learn how to build this garden bench with step-by-step video instruction from a Fine Woodworking editor, Matt Kenney.
Bow-arm Morris chair with Gregory Paolini
This comfortable recliner features sturdy mortise-and-tenon joinery and striking quartersawn grain. Don't miss Paolini's smart method for laminating the bow arms.
Small cabinet project with Tim Rousseau This frame-and-panel cabinet would fit perfectly as a nightstand or end table in your house. Rousseau guides you through each step of construction and building this piece serves as a great introduction to case work using a variety of joints including mortise-and-tenons well as dovetails.
Build a Monster Workbench with Matt Kenney Build a massive, maple workbench from start to finish with expert instruction from a Fine Woodworking editor.
Build an Entertainment Center with Marc Spagnuolo Build a plywood entertainment center with basic woodworking tools in this video workshop with Marc Spagnuolo, host of the The Wood Whisperer video podcast.
Build a Small Step Stool with Tom McKenna Learn how to build this small step stool with step-by-step video instruction from Fine Woodworking editor, Tom McKenna. More than 30 minutes of video how-to instruction for mortising, tenoning, pattern-routing, and tapering at the tablesaw.
One bookcase, two looks with Phil Lowe See how to make a basic bookcase and then get two options for the base. The basic case has a flat-bracket base, with simple curves cut on the bandsaw. Or, you can substitute an ogee bracket foot.
Round table with Gary Rogowski
This elegant round side table is made with mortise-and-tenon and half-lap joints. The edge of the top is inlaid with decorative square pegs. Rogowski, the founder and director of the Northwest Woodworking Studio, shows how to use a bandsaw not only to cut the top but also to cut the bridle joints at the top of each leg.
Hanging wall cabinet with Mario Rodriguez This simple, functional cabinet utilizes several types of joinery: dovetails, mortise-and-tenon, dadoes, biscuits. In more than 30 minutes of video, Rodriguez shows how to use router jigs to make the joints for the drawer and the door frame and how to assemble the case with biscuits.
Multidrawer cabinet with Chris Gochnour
Gochnour shows an easy way to make the drawers, using joints cut on the tablesaw. But if you want to take this cabinet to a higher level, you can make dovetailed drawers. Gochnour shows you how to lay out and cut precise half-blind and through-dovetail joints.
Elegant dining chair with Matthew Teague
An ambitious project for anyone with at least intermediate woodworking skills. In more than an hour of video instruction, Teague demystifies the chairmaking process, showing how to lay out curves and joinery in a full-size drawing and how to use loose-tenon joinery to simplify construction.
