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Biscuit Joints
Using thin wood wafers called biscuits can strengthen wood joints by providing more glue bonding area. You can use a biscuit ... |
 
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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. |
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Building a Custom Stair Railing
Bob visits with carpenter Kenney to look at stair details. Kenney shows Bob how to add strength and rigidity to the railing ... |
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Building a Western Red Cedar Deck
Bob checks out the structure for the western red cedar deck that is being built at the Masher home in Rowley. He points out ... |
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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. |
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Building Cabinets
Bob visits Todd Allen's cabinet shop and helps him mill and assemble the cabinets for the Loft Conversion Project. |
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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 ... |
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Cutting Joists using 17th Century Construction Techniques
Bob is joined by Pret Woodburn from Plimouth Plantation who shows how mortise-and-tenon joinery was cut back in the 17th and ... |
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Dovetail Joints
Making perfect dovetail joints can involve some shop practice, so consider starting out with a less-expensive jig that is ... |
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Finger Joints
Fingerjointing is a process in which short pieces of high grade wood are end glued together to make long lengths of stock. The ... |
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How to Make a Lap Joint
Lap joints are used to make a strong joint at a place where two boards come together. Here, we'll look at three different lap ... |
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Joint Sizing
Glue will soak more into the end grain of wood and can potentially result in starved glue joints. To help prevent this, you ... |
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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 ... |
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Pro’s Secrets for a Perfectly Coped Joint
Here's another great tip from BobVila.com.
You can literally cut corners on jobs like installing crown molding with the ... |
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Recycled Wood Safety
One of the more dreaded occurrences for any woodworker is when a tool collides with a metal object in recycled wood. Before ... |
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Sizing Dowels
For a good joint, a fluted or spiraled dowel must fit snugly enough in the hole to allow the glue to come up around it. The ... |
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Splining
For added strength when you're butting two boards together, use the carpenter's trick of splining. Using a router, cut a ... |
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The Art of Dovetailing
She is constructing a drawer made of poplar. After measuring she gets to work with a chisel and saw. She uses a Japanese Back ... |
