Shaping

How to create custom moldings with handplanes

October 29, 2018

Make your own moldings, from simple to complex, with hollow and round planes
How to Sharpen and Use a Curved Scraper

September 26, 2018

Peter Galbert uses a curved card scraper as a shaping tool to fair curves and dial in complex shapes on chair seats
Brian Boggs’ Guide to Bandsawn Curves

September 26, 2018

The bandsaw shines for many woodworking jobs, but if you ask Brian Boggs, its greatest potential is revealed when you use it with a template to cut curves
Ball-holder jig lets you machine a sphere in multiple ways

May 7, 2018

My friend Louis DeHan was making a decorative box with a top ornament composed of a turned ball held between two small posts. The problem was figuring out how to…
German-style hand tools: Try them!

April 12, 2018

If you pick up a Primus plane and give it the run of your bench for a while, you’ll soon be compelled to discover what else you’ve been missing
How to handplane a taper to perfection

March 30, 2018

Tom McLaughlin’s tapering jig makes quick work of any taper, but some work with a handplane makes it sing
How to make a simple leg-tapering jig

March 20, 2018

Dedicated sled is dead-simple to build and use
Creating Curved Furniture

March 20, 2018

Learn when it's best to saw, steam-bend, or laminate
Hot-melt glue forms template for oddly shaped workpiece

October 26, 2017

I recently made a frame for a fishing net, using steam-bent maple strips, but one step had me flummoxed. I just couldn’t cut a V-shaped piece that would fit tightly…
Conquering the curves of the tripod table

August 2, 2017

Tim Killen shows you how SketchUp can help do more than design a piece, it can help you build it!