Edge Treatments

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 Thomas McKenna

Learn how to cut your own plywood edging for perfect grain and color matches.

by W. Mickey Callahan

Learn an easy method for drawing parallel curved lines

by Garrett Hack

How you break the edges can make or break your projects

by Garrett Hack

Set your furniture apart from the mainstream with one of the most fundamental tasks in woodworking: breaking edges. Basic milling and surface preparation are important, ...

by Geoffrey Carson

Geoffrey Carson solves the problem of how to cut a wide bevel on the curved edge of a tabletop or other surface. The most obvious solutions—using a router or a ...

with Gary Rogowski

Learn how to clean up a round tabletop edge with a spokeshave and apply a chamfer on the router table

by Lonnie Bird

Learn to shape table edges, lipped doors, and more using a router, shaper, and hand tools in this excerpt from 'The Complete Illustrated Guide to Shaping Wood'

with Mario Rodriguez

A V-groove with matching solid-wood edging is a durable solution for disguising a plywood edge

with Mario Rodriguez

Five techniques for edging veneer-grade plywood from simple to elaborate

by Ernie Conover

with Mario Rodriguez

Use hand planes to create a flush surface where solid-wood trim meets plywood

with Charles Shackleton

Personalize your furniture with just a few simple tools

by Stuart Sabol

This article brings professional furniture making home to woodworkers not outfitted with fancy industrial machines; the author describes how to make an infinite ...

by Philip C. Lowe

Take a tour through crown-molding history to discover the aesthetic and practical virtues it offers. This visual glossary of elements and representative pieces ...