Assembling Your Project

Successful panel glue-ups start with the right choice of adhesive, but it doesn't end there.

Replace messy, mismatched wood putties with custom wood plugs you make yourself.

Rockler introduced the innovative Bandy Clamp more than five years ago. It was originally designed as a solution for clamping edge banding. The rubber band strap connected between the no-slip clamp pads puts pressure on the edge of your work piece - the deeper you set it, the tighter the pressure. There’s no doubt, it’s a perfect solution for edge banding, but we’re amazed by the number of other uses you’ve come up with for these clamps. So today we’re taking a fun nostalgic look back at the clever, cool and crazy life of the Bandy Clamp .

By mounting the drawer slides before building the drawers themselves, you can calculate out the drawer measurements exactly.

Table saws are perhaps the most versatile tool in a woodworking shop. In this video, we demonstrate how to do classic frame-and-panel construction using just a table saw.

Learn how to make and use router templates when you are building your woodworking projects. Router templates can help you do three main things: First, they can help you trace complex shapes onto your project parts quickly and easily. Once you’ve got the template, you don’t have to lay all of this out again manually. Second, you can use your templates to actually make your project parts with a router and the right bits. And finally, you can keep your templates for possible re-use. That can save a lot of layout time down the road, if should you decide to make the project again.

Toughen up your work surfaces and jig facings with plastic laminate.

Template routing makes this inlay easy.