Learn Woodworking Tips & Tricks with Rockler

In this video, Shaun Boyd designs and builds an expandable restaurant-style table.

This fun little project puts together a few different woodworking techniques and only takes an afternoon to make.

There are two popular methods for using a template to smooth out the edges of curved parts: a flush-trim router bit, and a sanding drum equipped with a template guide. Both have their advantages.

Where are the best places to buy hardwood lumber? You obviously can't do woodworking without wood, but many new woodworkers aren't sure where to find quality hardwood lumber. Rockler has increase the variety and quantity of hardwood that is stocked at both the Rockler retail stores and online at Rockler.com. In this Rockler demo, we'll give you a tour of a Rockler retail store lumber department, show you the lumber you can order online, and share some alternative hardwood lumber source options.

There’s just no way around it: Moisture in the air causes wood to change in size and often in shape.

The sharpening cart is compact giving you a lot of tool storage and utility in a small portion of your shop.

The more precise your woodworking becomes, the more precise your measuring tools need to be. And if you stick with woodworking long enough, in all likelyhood a time will come when you hear yourself say, "By gum, I need a caliper!"

This bookcase was developed in the classic Arts and Crafts style with quartersawn longleaf pine lumber.