Gluing joints is no woodworker’s favorite part, and letting the glue dry can be as boring as watching paint dry. Is wood glue sandable? If you don’t want to mess up a well-crafted joint, you better learn from others’ experiences. And I have 20 years of it. You need to let wood glue dry for…
Trailer floors need to be laid to make a trailer more liveable. Standard flooring options include single-layer flooring as well as subfloors with a top surface. In both instances, OSB and plywood remain the top contenders. It is, therefore, understandable why people wonder which one of these two is better for a trailer floor. Plywood…
If you want to build a garage, you must budget for the materials you need. For garage walls, you could go the brick-and-mortar route, the shed route, or the hybrid route. In my experience, a drywalled garage with wood board sheathing, as well as a wood board garage, can both work if you know which…
A workbench is as strong as its weakest link, and you would be surprised how often that is the top and not the foundation. One can use a regular workhorse foundation or a pallet wood base for a workbench, but what should you use for a workbench top? A plywood workbench top is better than…
Workbenches are one of the most crucial aspects of woodworking yet vary from workshop to workshop. Alongside the size and the base type of the bench, what material is used for the workbench top also varies. I started with an embarrassing workbench 20 years earlier, and here’s what I have learned from 2 decades of…
Woodworking is elaborate, and woodcarving isn’t. You don’t need to be a lumberjack to build small wood sculptures. And as a woodworker who started out with an interest in carving, I can tell you it is personally rewarding. But some people believe it is very expensive. Wood carving is not an expensive hobby because you…