Getting Started With Woodworking
We all know the story of George Washington and the cherry tree. Well, just to refresh you, here’s how the tale goes. When George Washington was six, his father gave him a hatchet for his birthday. The first thing that young George did was to chop his father’s cherry tree. When confronted by his dad, … Read more
You may have outdoor space like a backyard or garden where you have a deck or patio. If so, you are likely to have some outdoor furniture ranged around. We get outdoor furniture made of different materials like steel, plastic, and wood. If you have outdoor furniture made of wood, you need to take certain … Read more
Whatever it is that you want to build out of wood for your next project, your first choice will be the type of wood to use. This aspect becomes even more critical when we move outdoors. You will find that many types of wood may do well indoors, but may not fare that well outside. … Read more
As a woodworker, you may find that you have to work with several different materials other than wood. One of the non-wood materials that you may come across is melamine. Another different type of material is MDF (medium-density fiberboard). Both these materials form wood-like boards, and we can use them for a variety of woodworking … Read more
Whether you engage in woodworking as a hobby or profession, you will encounter different materials other than wood. Knowing how to work with non-wood materials will give you an added advantage in your chosen skill. We are all familiar with plywood. However, another material that appears frequently is melamine. Although you may be familiar with … Read more
A woodworker expects to work with wood. That is an indisputable fact. However, how do we define wood? In a broader sense, we call wood in the form of raw material timber or lumber. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines timber as: “wood suitable for building or for carpentry.” The wood described here usually is solid wood … Read more
Any woodworker is likely to work a lot with wood veneers, especially those who work on wooden furniture. A veneer is a thin slice of fine, expensive wood that we typically apply to cheaper wood. The purpose of using veneer is that we get the finish of expensive wood at a fraction of the cost. … Read more
A veneer is a thinly-sliced wood that we fix to wooden surfaces to give them the appearance of solid wood. Veneer typically has a thickness of less than an eighth of an inch. We usually bond the veneer to a substrate also made from wood, but of a cheaper variety. Since the substrate is not … Read more