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cleaning your wooden outdoor furniture

Cleaning Your Wooden Outdoor Furniture: A Guide to Safe and Effective Pressure Washing Techniques

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Pressure washing your outdoor furniture is the most effective cleaning method, as it requires very little time and energy while providing exceptional results. Outdoor furniture is always exposed to weather conditions, animals, and high traffic, especially in spring and summer months. Due to those factors, you will frequently find stains, footprint marks, dirt, or mud on your outdoor furniture, which will not appeal to the … Read More

coping saw

Coping Saw: Uses, Safety and Best Options

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You may have seen the carpenter using a coping saw to clean out dovetails or for creating matching baseboards. You may have also seen signboard makers using this hand tool to shape closed letters.  Now look around and identify what else in your home may have used a coping saw to finish a project. Molding and furniture items are the next big suspects and rightly … Read More

dremel rotary tools

A Quick Guide to Dremel Rotary Tools

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A dremel rotary tool is a must-have for every person interested in DIY and repairs, and it doesn’t matter if you do it for a living or for your own pleasure in your free time. One thing is certain – without a dremel rotary tool, it might be impossible (or at least much more difficult) to do any repairs. Its name, which can sound bizarre … Read More

tools for cutting plywood

5 Tools For Cutting Plywood Easily, Safely, and Accurately

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Cutting large sheet material can be tricky, difficult, and for some woodworkers, just not worth the hassle, at least when you don’t yet have the right tools for cutting plywood. So maybe you settle with those “handy panels” that are pre-cut to 24″ by 48″. But that’s pretty limiting, and overall it’s more expensive than working with full sheets. Having the ability to accurately (and … Read More

brad point drill bits

Brad Point Drill Bits – The What, When, and How For Woodworkers

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Brad Point Drill Bits offer precision holes іn ѕоftwood, hardwood and саn bе uѕеd fоr thrоugh holes аnd partial hоlеѕ. Itѕ an extremely ѕhаrр drill bit with a сеntеrіng tip which allows for a more precise positioning оf thе hоlе.  Tearout when drilling holes is common, but greatly reduced when drilled by hіgh-ԛuаlіtу cutters with sharp еdgеѕ.  The flutes (twisted grооvеѕ) prevents the waste material … Read More

table saw safety

11 Critical Table Saw Safety Tips For All Woodworkers

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The table saw can be intimidating, especially for beginner woodworkers that aren’t accustomed to using such a powerful tool. That’s why table saw safety is so important, and you should take the time to understand some best practices in order to greatly reduce the chance of getting injured in your wood shop. On this page you’ll find a list of critical table saw safety tips … Read More

zero clearance table saw insert

Zero Clearance Table Saw Insert – How To Make One The Right Way

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A good zero clearance table saw insert can really make a difference in your table saw’s performance. It offers optimal support of the work piece, all the way right up to the blade, meaning less (in some cases zero) tearout on the bottom side of the cut. That means you end up with a cleaner edge. There are a few different ways to go about … Read More

how to choose a table saw

How To Choose A Table Saw

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When you’re trying to research how to choose a table saw and you’re hit with what seems like an overwhelming amount of options, within a huge span of price ranges… Yeah, shopping for a table saw can be frustrating. I’ve moved from a lightweight, jobsite type of saw, up to a heavier hybrid style with a mobile base, and finally up to a stationary 3 … Read More

6 Reasons A Woodworker May Need a Jointer

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So you’re wondering if investing in a jointer is really worth it. Well, as a self-taught woodworker who has a basic 4” bench top jointer, I can tell you it definitely has its place in a wood shop. It’s not required, because you can build furniture with lumber that has been jointed and planed, right from the lumber yard. But when you start building more … Read More

woodworking router bits

5 Essential Woodworking Router Bits

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Have you noticed how the shelf at the hardware store with the woodworking router bits is massive, and overloaded with options? There are all kinds of router bits available to buy, but many of them are not critical, and serve a very specific purpose, which may not be helpful to you at all. In my experience with woodworking, I’ve found that there are just a … Read More

Kreg pocket hole jig 320 review

Kreg Pocket Hole Jig 320 Review

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Would you like to get ahold of a simple, low-cost, effective pocket hole jig? One that is quick to set up, accurate, and adaptable to any project? That’s what came to mind as I read about the all-new Kreg pocket hole jig 320, so I went ahead and ordered one so I could review it for my readers. I’m going to give you my complete … Read More

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