A coat of paint won’t fill or hide cracks, chips and other surface defects in the wood, and it won’t smooth an existing rough surface. Wood prep is 95 percent of a good painting job, and the first ...

On a late night at Legacy Woodworking and Design in Henderson, Jamie Yocono, a woodworking instructor of more than 30 years, brandishes a wry smile as she offers a crucial disclaimer. “This is the ...

Q. I recall that you stated in your column that the adhesives we use for wood are stronger than the wood itself. True? If so, I need to know what factors are critical in making a strong joint. The ...

On the Woodworking Network Podcast, we interviewed Michael Culbreth, loss control services consultant for Pennsylvania Lumberman’s Mutual talking about how to manage fire risks in the woodshop. Here ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 57th installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

All you need is a plan and a few basic tools to start woodworking. When starting out it's easy to think you need some fancy power tools before you begin building, but that's simply not true. You will ...