Woodworker's Journal

With each new issue of Woodworker’s Journal we provide four new woodworking plans. We put a lot of thought and work into these efforts, and I hope it shows. With that said, we have been doing this for a good while now, and for that reason there are m

ROB JOHNSTONE Publisher ALYSSA TAUER Associate Publisher CHRIS MARSHALL Senior Editor JEFF JACOBSON Senior Art Director DAN CARY Senior Content Strategist COLLEEN CAREY Video Production Assistant MATTHEW HOCKING Internet Production Coordinator Founde

Some folks wake up every morning and view the day as new, fresh and full of opportunities and excitement. There are others who start the day with a list of things concerning them and consternation regarding what to do about them. People face the new

A material list, which can also be known as a cutting list, bill of materials or schedule of materials, is simply a listing of all the parts that will be required to construct a project. In today’s terms, it is a spreadsheet that allows a woodworker

Technically speaking, a router table isn’t a “tool” in its own right. In fact, by itself it can’t do much of anything. However, once combined with a router, it turns that shop staple into a wholly different and more versatile kind of tool. Not only d

Once you have a material list developed for a project (see page 50), next comes determining how much lumber you’ll need to build it. Lumber is sold in a variety of forms. Dimension lumber (2 x 4s, 4 x 4s, etc.) is generally softwood lumber. Hardwood

With Rockler’s Indexing Dado Jig, you can rout evenly spaced dadoes or grooves for shelves, cubbies, box dividers and more from as little as 1/8" to 69⁄16" apart and with complete control. A two-part aluminum fence beneath the jig’s 1/2"-thick, melam

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Building that first piece of Arts & Crafts furniture is a woodworking rite of passage for many of us. I recall how excited I was at the prospect of cutting lots of mortise-and-tenon joints, which were an achievement for me at the time. But I also eag