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Wood routers are a great tool, but many woodworkers are afraid of them. This happens when tool technique is not understood, or the tool is used without any knowledge of how to use it and the end results are poor and but knowing how to use them can elevate your woodworking techniques.
Backwards Woodworking: The Climbing Cut - Learn How to Do It Right!
Woodworking encompasses many unique processes because of the nature of how wood grain grows and the kinds of things that we do in making woodworking projects, and one of these seldom know or used techniques are quite valuable to know
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It's no wonder that many people are afraid of table saws. The high-speed blade, the noise, dust, and chips flying off ... the table saw is certainly one of the tools to be respected and ALWAY use with knowledge and understanding of how it works.
WATCH THIS Before Using Your Table Saw - Workshop Safety
A short time ago I was informed of yet another YouTube woodworker who was injured using their table saw. I am always sorry and frustrated when I hear about these events because I have spent SO MUCH TIME talking about table saw safety and most of it can be avoided by easy simple things the operator can do.
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Once you have worked with less expensive woods, a natural progression is to purchase more expensive woods and many people select Oak because it is readily available and of all the exotic woods, it is one of the better-priced woods ... and of course Oak projects look great when they are finished.
Best Results for Woodworking with OAK Wood
In North America, there are basically 2 kinds of Oak that you will be able to choose from Red Oak or White Oak. Most wood stores will have Red Oak, but not all will have White Oak as it is often a tiny bit more expensive, and most people who are choosing flooring or wood for furniture choose Red Oak.
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Edge jointing wood is one of the most important things that woodworkers will do. Without straight flat edges to work with the rest of the project will be difficult at best to bring together and may not even come together if the joints cannot align with one another. Further, if you are gluing narrower boards together to make the wider board, edge jointing is critical to get matching edges.
3 Ways to Edge Joint Wood Without a Jointer
In ideal shops, we use a machine called a "jointer" to do this task, or if working without machinery a hand plane is used, but there are other alternatives, and some of these may even be used by advanced woodworkers in special situations ...
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