Furniture Construction

by Alan Turner

To produce predictable curves and accurate joinery on a bowfront dresser, Alan Turner built a series of jigs: a two-part bending form, a cradle for crosscutting ...

by Steve Latta

It may sound obvious, but if you want your cabinet doors to swing freely and stay true, they have to be flat. And if you follow the proper techniques, they will ...

by Michael C. Fortune

Most of us have a love-hate relationship with glue squeeze-out. That thin, consistent bead of glue along a joint line indicates we've used enough glue for a strong ...

by Christian Becksvoort

with Ed Pirnik

There's no doubt about it, the glue-up phase of any woodworking project is often a stressful situation which, without proper preparation, can lead to disaster. ...

by Christian Becksvoort

by Greg Zall

Built-in cabinets require a marriage between woodworking and carpentry, and that often means you have to insert a perfectly square cabinet into a not-so-square ...

by John Tetreault

Whether it comes from an old barn, an old piece of furniture, or somewhere else, reclaimed wood can lend your projects a character and feel vastly different from ...

by Steve Latta

Found across a range of furniture styles, tapered legs are popular because they are good-looking. They break up a square, boxy piece of furniture and direct the ...

with Mark Schofield

Learn how an adjustable leg tapering jig can easily cut two, three, and four-sided tapers on the tablesaw

by Jonathan Binzen

Learn some of the secrets within Silas Kopf's cabinet, where all is not as it seems.

by Craig Thibodeau

Beautiful patterns, dozens of wood species and grain varieties, and not too much money. These are just three reasons why making a veneered tabletop appeals to many ...

with Fine Woodworking editors

Learn how to repair common woodworking mistakes, quickly and easily

by Christian Becksvoort

by Mark Schofield

Everybody makes mistakes. The difference is that professional woodworkers know the secret is to fix them so nobody can tell they ever happened. To compile a woodworker's ...