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Bench Construction
The wood has arrived for the perimeter benches and Bob and Ryley begin their construction. The wood is a cypress, which is ... |
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Biscuit Joints
Using thin wood wafers called biscuits can strengthen wood joints by providing more glue bonding area. You can use a biscuit ... |
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Blade Check
If your wood gluing work is less than successful, check your blades. If the blade in your saw is getting dull, it can loosen ... |
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Building a Bookcase
Bob and Ryley meet in the workshop to build a set of bookcases for the home. Ryley demonstrates the various cuts used and the ... |
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Building a China Cabinet
Bob confers with cabinetmaker Brian Comeaux as he builds then installs a dining room china cabinet for the Studio City bungalow. |
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Building a Door
Bob meets with Ryley and builds a door jig to and a plank door with beadboards. Ryley oultines the door construction process ... |
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Building a Medicine Cabinet
Bob shows the plan for the handcrafted medicine cabinet and Ryley shows Bob the wood that will be used in its construction. ... |
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Building a Wooden Corner Bracket
Bob confers with carpenter Bob Ryley as he lays out and constructs a corner bracket for the Roxbury House in Boston. |
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Building an Interior Soffit
Bob confers with carpenter Cortney Lofton and cabinetmaker Brian Comeaux on the milling and construction of an interior soffit ... |
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Clamp Helper
When clamping long or wide panels with bar clamps, a dowel inserted crosswise between the jaws of the bar clamps and the wood ... |
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Custom Kitchen Cabinets and Drawers
Thomas Bump of Fine Custom Cabinetry shows Bob the Maple and hardwood panel cabinets that were built specifically for the ... |
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Drying Glue
Do you have any chairs, tables, or other wooden furniture that are a little wobbly due to the glue drying out? Here's how you ... |
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Finger Joints
Fingerjointing is a process in which short pieces of high grade wood are end glued together to make long lengths of stock. The ... |
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Flexible Clamps
Old bicycle innertubes that are cut into long, narrow strips can make excellent clamps for repairing broken wooden furniture. ... |
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Glue Containers
Getting black glue lines on projects? Metal containers like coffee cans can cause this problem, which occurs more often with ... |
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Glue Prep
Glue will soak more into the end grain of wood and potentially result in starved glue joints. To help prevent this, you can ... |
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Glue Removal
Glue squeeze-out can be wiped up with a wet rag, but this can drive some of the glue into the wood's pores. A method preferred ... |
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Glue Split Wood
Hammering a nail close to the edge of a piece of a board may cause it to split. This problem can be solved by using the nail ... |
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Glue Sticks
There are several adhesive glue sticks to choose from for your hot glue gun. Here's a description of the most common to help ... |
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Glue Temperature
The time needed to glue up wood in a cold workshop may be twice as long as in one at room temperature. Below certain levels, ... |
