There are so many tips that will make your woodworking adventure so much easier.
Measuring, driving nails that will not split the end of the piece of wood, how to use the clamps, how to hide the head of the screw/nail and many more.
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Half Pencil Marks Exact Copies
While trying to trace an exact copy of the throat plate for my table saw, I came up with this nifty technique using an ordinary pencil. I just shaved my pencil into a half-pencil by carefully grinding it on my belt sander. The flat edge enables my modified pencil to ride straight up along the edge of the template. It also works great for marking and then shaping inlays for my woodworking projects. — Tim Reese.
Not every hole that’s drilled needs to be completely though the material. Though setting up stops on a drill press is easy enough, there are plenty of times when using the press isn’t the best tool for the job (portability, size of material, etc.). Making a depth marker for a handheld power drill is as easy as using a piece of tape to mark the intended depth of that bit.
If you don’t start with a good edge, you will never get a good edge!Next time you use a board from the lumber store, check the edge using a speed square.Most often than not, it will not be square.It is important to cut off the ends to create a perfectly square edge to start with. Just cutting off 1 to 1-½″ on both ends will give you the perfect starting edge.
I’ve got big, awkward fingers that really struggle with small pins when nailing by hand. I’ve been known to give my poor fingers a few blows of the hammer at times! A clothes peg kept in your tool bag solves this problem nicely.
