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Add a custom design to an already beautiful joint by adjusting the layout.

What's the best glue choice for a butcher-block cutting board?

A weather station is an old-school way of predicting your local weather.

In this Rockler demo you'll learn how to make this wooden version of an iconic mid-century modern style wall clock. If you’ve got a band saw, router table and a tapering jig that works on either your table saw or band saw, this clock could be hanging on your living room wall and marking the hours after just a day or so of time in the shop.

If you have a band saw and know how to resaw lumber into thin sheets, then you can make cusotm plywood.How to Make Handmade Plywood

Here's a simple and fun way to make a band saw-style lidded box with your scroll saw.

Today's desktop CNC routers can accurately cut multiple parts and can cut decorative carving. The new smaller machines are also much more affordable than their industrial big brothers.

Cribbage is an old and popular card game, enjoyed by both young and old. And recently, it has had a bit of a popularity rise on college campuses. All this adds up to the fact that cribbage boards make great gifts.

Although we typically strive to make both our wood and finish surfaces smooth, adding texture intentionally can be quite interesting.

I have constructed a vanity made entirely from aromatic cedar and would like to apply a finish to the outside.

In this Rockler demo you'll learn how to make this fun football-shaped serving tray. With two chip compartments and a central dip recess, this is a classic snack tray. We made it from 1-3/4" thick mahogany, but any species would be fine. We also glued two 3/4" by 1-1/4" maple strips into grooves we cut in the blank, which end up looking like the white stripes on either end of a real football.If you have a CNC router, the CNC .tap and .crv filesto make this project are available as free downloads here. If you wish to make the tray the old-fashioned way, we have a PDF pattern to download that you can use to make a flush routing pattern for your handheld router.