tearout

Watch This: How to Stop Tearout
March 26, 2020

Gary Rogowski helps you understand every woodworker's enemy, tearout.
When Spelching Makes You Feel Good
August 29, 2019

Most of the time, we take measures to avoid spelching, but as Megan Fitzpatrick demonstrates, once in awhile, spelching can help
Reading Wood Grain–Don’t Fight the Fibers
March 19, 2019

Better ways to read grain and make the most of your lumber
Bill Pavlak’s Sweet Toothing Plane
May 23, 2018

With its extremely high-pitched blade and serrated cutting edge, the toothing plane cares little about grain direction and figure.
Epoxy makes tearout disappear
September 29, 2016

When applying finish to a tabletop recently, I discovered a couple of areas of severe tearout I had missed. To remove it with a card scraper or sandpaper would have…
How to avoid router tearout
June 2, 2011

Five easy techniques for taming router tearout from furniture maker Gregory Paolini
How Woodworkers Tame Tearout
February 11, 2010

Zero-clearance trick applies to almost every tool in the shop

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