Page 8 - Learn Woodworking Tips with Rockler

  1. Mitered Half Lap Corner Picture Frame

    Make a Mitered Half-Lap Corner Picture Frame

    The miter joint is often used to form the corners of picture frames. This popular joint hides the end grain of the frame parts and creates a continuous grain or profile pattern around the frame corner.
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  2. Giant table tennis paddle

    Video: Reasonably Sized Ping Pong Paddle

    In this video, Paul Jackman makes a table tennis paddle with some interesting dimensions.
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  3. cutting wood on a table saw

    Non-Through Cut Techniques

    Cutting wide channels partway through wood — often called non-through cuts — are useful for rock-solid joinery.
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  4. guiding cove cuts

    Cove Cutting Techniques

    You use your table saw routinely for ripping and crosscutting wood in perfectly straight lines, guided by the fence or miter gauge. Tilt the blade or adjust the gauge, and you get straight bevels or mitered cuts.
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  5. Project: Modular Bookcase and Entertainment Center

    Project: Modular Bookcase and Entertainment Center

    This bookcase project combines some deceptively challenging woodworking to create a durable, attractive and modern storage system.
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  6. Making Straight Cuts with a Jigsaw?

    Making Straight Cuts with a Jigsaw?

    Choose a blade, set up your saw and prepare your stock for making perfect straight cuts with a jigsaw.
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  7. Best Wood for a Cutting Board?

    Best Wood for a Cutting Board?

    What wood should be used to build cutting boards?
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  8. JET JPJ-12BHH 12" Planer/Jointer

    JET JPJ-12BHH 12" Planer/Jointer

    Enjoy this combination machine’s expansive jointing capabilites, then change it over quickly for planing without removing the fence.
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  9. DIY Closet Organizer Plan

    DIY Closet Organizer Plan

    Make a custom closet storage system that perfectly fits your storage needs. This DIY closet cabinet system is designed to make it easy to mix and match different components to make the most use out of your closet space. This system is mounted to the back wall of the closet on French cleats. The benefit of using French cleats is you can hang the components at any height you like and it's easy to rearrange the components.
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  10. Project: Shaker-Style Woven Rocking Chair

    Project: Shaker-Style Woven Rocking Chair

    This Shaker-inspired rocking chair combines classic joinery and construction with modern woodworking techniques.
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  11. Removing Bubbles in Epoxy?

    Removing Bubbles in Epoxy?

    When and how do you remove the bubbles that appear during the epoxy pouring process?
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