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Rust is the curse of all woodworkers, but you’ve got three weapons at your disposal.

It’s easier to work with than an oil-based floor paint and doesn’t give off dangerous fumes as does epoxy paint. Concrete stain won’t peel or chip off when you move your machines around because [...]

A starting pin helps prevents kickback when using a bearing-guided bit. It’s an important safety feature.

Try this classic method: after jointing or planing, lightly rub the wood with the side of a piece of chalk.

If you’re looking purely at durability, then an oil-based polyurethane is still superior, but only marginally.

What you do is attach a scribe to the end of the cabinet that goes into the corner.

The solution is to tint the new finish with dye. Varnish yellows with age and that’s the reason your newly finished drawer doesn’t match the old.

Sand Curves With Ease Sanding is one of those necessary evils we all face as woodworkers. That’s why we flock to any tool that promises to make the job easier. Craftsman new Oscillating Spindle [...]

Even if your wood has been drying in Uncle Joe’s barn for the past 100 years, the moisture content (MC) will be more than 15 percent. What you need is a MC of about 8 percent.

Properly adjusting handscrews can be tricky, but these two steps at right show a clever way to do it.

It’s Compact, Mobile and Durable DeWALT recently introduced a new heavy-duty electric portable compressor, the D55171. It’s low profile makes it easy to store and the 12-in. puncture-resistant [...]

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