Category Archives: Featured Products

Your First Plywood Project: One Sheet Plywood Desk

I recommended trying to build a desk for your first piece of furniture. The standard rectangle with four legs is simple enough for beginners to get stuck in, and will teach you valuable skills that you can use on more difficult projects. I love using single sheets of ply to create a whole piece of […]

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Plywood for Beginners – How and Why to Use It

Working with plywood throughout my career has shown me how versatile of a material it is, how sturdy it is, and how stunning it looks in any space. I think plywood is an incredibly efficient use of natural material that has been engineered to reduce some of the limitations of solid wood, and is now […]

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Buying a new tool is a lovely day. If you’re like me, you’ve spent hours researching and making sure you’re making the right choice. I spend hours reading forums, watching videos, and trying out demonstration examples when possible. I consummate the relationship with a handful of numbers on a piece of plastic.  Once home, I […]

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Hot Time, Summer in the Shop

It’s getting hot in here! This is the first summer I have spent significant time woodworking. I work in a garage without any kind of environmental controls beyond raising and lowering the garage door or cracking a window. What I have learned quickly is that it gets really hot, really fast! I thought surely there […]

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Book Review: The Stick Chair Book By Christopher Schwarz

For the March 2022 issue of Wood News Online, Norm Reid reviewed The Stick Chair Book by Christopher Schwarz: Chris Schwarz’s latest rendering, The Stick Chair Book is a revelation and an inspiration. Even if you’ve never had the desire to build your own chair out of wood, this book might change your mind. Read […]

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