Getting Started With Woodworking
Watching the activities of birds in your garden or backyard is a satisfying experience. Once you’ve selected the best wood for your birdhouse, you may want to paint it to attract nesting birds. But is it safe to paint birdhouses? How will a bird react to a painted birdhouse? Is it safe for them? These … Read more
The classification of trees falls into two broad categories – hardwood and softwood, according to their seed structure. Although most hardwoods are hard, softwoods aren’t always soft. In fact, some hardwoods are softer than softwoods. Many softwoods are so named because they are more prone to dents and scratches. Because hardwoods have better abrasion resistance, … Read more
When the surface of the wood has cracks and blemishes or gaps between joints, we use putty or wood filler to fill these gaps. Although we use these two materials for similar purposes, they are distinctly different from each other. We also use each one for a specific set of tasks. In this post, we … Read more
Whatever wooden items you have in your home, you would like them to look smooth and shiny. There are many different types of finish that you can apply to wood surfaces to make them look sleek. Waxing hardwood floors is a good and economical way of restoring life into the wood. In the mid-1900s, wax … Read more
If you have hardwood floors, you have a variety of finishes to choose from. It is critical to know which type of finish will be the most suitable for the kind of hardwood floor you have. The effect of wear and tear on your floors will determine the frequency with which you need to refinish … Read more
Making wooden musical instruments involves a craftsman who is usually also a musician. If the instrument has strings, a neck, and a soundbox, we call the craftsman a luthier. The luthier will pay great emphasis to the type of wood needed for a particular musical instrument. Whether you are a luthier or just a woodworker … Read more
Traditional woodworking used sheer manual muscle power. But modern woodworking has come a long way. These days there are a variety of electric tools that make the craft of cutting wood easy. Woodworkers now cut wood in ways that were not possible with traditional instruments. Laser cutting is a popular way of cutting material. If … Read more
As a woodworker, you may come across several different projects. A popular project that is simple but satisfying to execute is making a chicken coop. Although the project is not a complex one, you still have to make specific considerations, keeping in mind that livestock will live in the structure that you create. One crucial … Read more
Chainsaw carvings are a great form of art that everyone appreciates. As a woodworker, if you have some experience and talent in wood carving, you could give chainsaw carving a shot. The chainsaw carver uses modified chainsaws for carving and whittling down a tree trunk or stump into shapes of animals and other objects. The … Read more
Raised garden beds are frames that come in a variety of materials, wood being the most commonly used one. Raised garden beds for a vegetable or flower garden, helps plants thrive. They take care of poor soil, sloping terrain, and many other issues. A raised garden bed is a rectangular wooden frame that you fill … Read more
When you start to learn woodworking, one of the first tools that you will handle is a woodworking mallet. These tools form an essential part of any woodworking toolbox. We get different types of woodworking mallets to perform various carpentry tasks. Although you can find mallets that we use in several fields, the mallets we … Read more
We use many tools in woodworking but the most important tool of all is our brain. You need to put a lot of thought into planning a woodworking project, and then skillfully executing it. We dedicate this post to all the woodworkers in the world by bringing to you some endearing, some humorous but above … Read more
Carpentry is an intriguing craft and as a carpenter, you have probably created countless wooden items in your projects. In the course of your work, you probably made gifts out of wood for people. The charm of wood is such that everyone likes to receive a gift made of this material. If you gift a … Read more
When you are looking for wood to use in various woodworking projects, oak and poplar are two types of wood that you may come across frequently. While oak is a relatively expensive wood used in high-end woodwork, poplar is a cheap and basic wood. Comparing oak and poplar is like comparing Beauty and the Beast. … Read more
Of all the smart-looking but useful woods in the world, oak and Douglas fir are probably the most unlikely candidates. On their own, you would accept their beauty and utility, although both types of wood are different in so many ways. Among the most widely-used woods in the world are oak and Douglas fir. Although … Read more
As responsible woodworkers, we try to respect the environment as we use wood for our various woodworking projects. The world has become poorer in virgin wood forests. The exploitation knows no limits and it has severely damaged the environment. In this post, we dedicate to the environment a few significant quotes that we could find … Read more
Woodworkers among several other skilled people are some of the world’s best craftspeople. Without skilled workers, architects, engineers and even doctors could not get anything done. We dedicate this post to craftspeople without which this world would indeed be a different place. Here are some of the best quotes that we curated to honor craftspeople … Read more
In the world of woodworking, oak and acacia are two types of wood that command a lot of respect. They are both highly durable and versatile woods. It is worthwhile to know a bit about both these types of wood, how to identify them and use them. Acacia and oak are two robust types of … Read more
As a woodworker, you would have to deal with different wood species having different properties. These woods would vary in appearance, texture, hardness and stiffness. A better understanding of the properties of various types of wood can enable you to choose the best wood for your projects. Oak and beech are two of the most … Read more
In your forays into various places in search of wood for your woodworking projects, you may frequently come across two types of wood – birch, and walnut. While they are each on either side of the price bracket, they do have some common factors. When you want to use wood that lasts, you look for … Read more
As a woodworker, you are probably always on the lookout for suitable wood for your projects. An extremely popular and versatile form of wood is plywood. It is an engineered wood that cuts easily and can be made very durable for multiple purposes. Birch plywood and poplar plywood are two of the most widely used … Read more