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Carpentry Cuts

Learn about making cuts in carpentry work with Bob Vila, including information about choosing saw blades, making cross cuts, and more.

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Bench Construction
Bench Construction
The wood has arrived for the perimeter benches and Bob and Ryley begin their construction. The wood is a cypress, which is ...
Building a China Cabinet
Building a China Cabinet
Bob confers with cabinetmaker Brian Comeaux as he builds then installs a dining room china cabinet for the Studio City bungalow.
Building a Medicine Cabinet
Building a Medicine Cabinet
Bob shows the plan for the handcrafted medicine cabinet and Ryley shows Bob the wood that will be used in its construction. ...
Building a Redwood Deck and a Redwood-Cedar Fence
Building a Redwood Deck and a Redwood-Cedar Fence
Bob helps Ryley build a redwood deck. Bob emphasizes the use of stainless steel nails when working with redwood due to the ...
Building a Shallow Hip Roof
Building a Shallow Hip Roof
The 5 by 16-foot mudroom addition is framed, weathertight, and ready for a roof. This three-pitch roof will have a standing ...
Building and Installing Cabinets
Building and Installing Cabinets
Bob confers with carpenters David Ives and Bob Ryley as they construct and install cabinets in the Loft Project in Boston.
Building Bathroom Vanity Boxes at the Cabinet Shop
Building Bathroom Vanity Boxes at the Cabinet Shop
Bob visits the shop where vanity cabinets are made and gets a hands-on demonstration of how the units are constructed.
Building Exterior Stairs
Building Exterior Stairs
Bob meets with the carpenter at the accessible house in Roxbury, Mass. and builds a temporary set of exterior stairs.
Building Stairs
Building Stairs
Bob and Ryley explain the process of building a simple set of stairs for the Cape-Style home. Several factors, including the ...
Constructing Clapboard Sunburst Fan for Gable-end
Constructing Clapboard Sunburst Fan for Gable-end
Bob meets with Brian Quinn, the siding contractor, and installs beautiful gable-end fan sunbursts from clapboard siding. Brian ...
Creating a Gingerbread Railing
Creating a Gingerbread Railing
Bob meets Ryley outside the Victorian style house in Massachusetts to help him with the railing. Ryley starts with two by six ...
Creating the Built in Cabinets and Doors
Creating the Built in Cabinets and Doors
Bob meets with Ryley to discuss the site-built, built-in cabinets of ¾” Birch plywood. The cabinets were all precut in the ...
Crown Molding Installation
Crown Molding Installation
Steve Roth from Style Solutions shows Bob the crown molding being used in the Modular Mountain Retreat project house. The EPS ...
Cutting a Valance Pattern
Cutting a Valance Pattern
In Naples, Florida, Bob helps Al Stiles build a jig valence over a kitchen window to match the decorative stiles on the ...
Hand Carving Seashell Pattern on Mahogany Drawer Front
Hand Carving Seashell Pattern on Mahogany Drawer Front
Tommy MacDonald demonstrates a few of the techniques he employs to create hand carved furniture details. MacDonald lines up ...
Installing Baseboards and Window Casings
Installing Baseboards and Window Casings
Bob meets with Ryley to install baseboard and window casings. Bob discusses a few time saving techniques and the various cuts ...
Installing Shiplap Pine Wood Paneling
Installing Shiplap Pine Wood Paneling
Bob meets with Mark and Ryley to install some pine shiplap panelling in the basement room.
Interior Panelling
Interior Panelling
Bob and Ryley put up the pine interior paneling in the living room. Ryley shows a few techniquest to ensure the boards are ...
Kitchen Cabinet Construction
Kitchen Cabinet Construction
Bob observes the process of joining the legths of wood that will be installed in the kitchen. Straps are ripped and cut for ...
Making a Plate Display Rack
Making a Plate Display Rack
Bob helps contractor Bob Ryley construct a plate display rack for the split level ranch project in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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