Recent How-To Stories

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  Pattern routing jigs for perfect curves

  June 8, 2020

  Bob Van Dyke shows how to make and use some of his go-to pattern routing jigs: a reusable jig for gentle curves, a half-pattern for tight curves, and a template that attaches directly to the workpiece.

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  Video: Furniture Design Step by Step with Mike Pekovich

  June 4, 2020

  Replay Join FWW creative director Michael Pekovich, for a webinar on his design process.

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  Q&A: Sanding to 500 grit

  June 4, 2020

  One reader asks Chris Becksvoort if sanding too fine will interfere with finishing.

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  How to cut accurate tenons on the tablesaw

  June 1, 2020

  A dado set on the tablesaw is Charles Durfee's go-to method for cutting tenons.

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  Carve Your Daily Bowl

  June 1, 2020

  Greenwood carver David Fisher eats his cereal each morning out of a bowl he carved himself. You can, too, with just a handful of tools and this quiet tutorial.

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  Don’t build a new workbench

  June 1, 2020

  Chris Schwarz demonstrates how to improve any existing bench with a few inexpensive pieces of wood and steel.

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  Decorate your daily bowl

  May 28, 2020

  Masterful wood carver David Fisher explains a few of the techniques he uses to embellish small bowls.

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  Tips and techniques for taming tearout

  May 18, 2020

  Don't let gnarly grain stand in your way. Gary Rogowski outlines his strategies for handplaning woods that are prone to tearout.

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  The mighty mortise-and-tenon

  May 15, 2020

  Jon Binzen assembled a collection of articles on this powerful, protean joint.

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  Free webinar: Jigs for Routing Perfect Curves with Bob Van Dyke

  May 14, 2020

  Replay Join FWW contributing editor Bob Van Dyke, for our first webinar on jigs for routing perfect curves.