Milling Lumber

by Jeff Miller

How to flatten your benchtop with a handplane

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 Jonathan Binzen

Learn how Scottish woodworker Adrian McCurdy splits huge oak logs and shapes them into lumber to make furniture.

by Matt Kenney

with Thomas McKenna

Learn how to avoid snipe when planing short stock by lengthening your wood.

by Stuart Lipp

Learn how to mill lumber into straight, flat parts using this straightforward method explained by Stuart Lipp. By keeping organized and following a logical sequence ...

by Matt Kenney

Anyone who pursues woodworking as a hobby knows that uninterrupted shop is at a premium. So it's best to make the most of the hours you have. We tapped into the ...

by Hendrik Varju

Whether you need to move your tablesaw fence a few thousandths of an inch or craft a perfectly fitted mortise-and-tenon joint, you can see and control nearly invisible ...

by Hendrik Varju

by Roland Johnson

with Andy Rae

What are your options when the wood you want to use is wider than your jointer? Andy Rae shows you how to flatten a large plank with portable tools and winding sticks.

with David Heim

A College of the Redwoods instructor shows how to rift-cut straight or curved stock to follow the grain

by Matt Berger

Catch the latest installment of this online video series for woodworking novices

with Philip C. Lowe

In the last of our 8-question series on handplanes, an award-winning furniture-maker and teacher shows how to level a wide board by hand

by Mario Rodriguez

Looking for unusual or interesting boards that you won't find at the local hardwood supplier's? You might want to check out one of these boutique sawmills. Usually ...