Rabbeting is a great way of adding strength to many projects, especially projects where there are shelves which need to be supported. Rather than using hardware to hold the weight of the shelf and whatever is on it, rabbet joints allow the wood itself to carry the weight. At the same time, the rabbet joint … Read more
Plywood can be difficult to join together, especially when you are looking to make an invisible joint, where no hardware is exposed. The typical method of attaching pieces of a plywood cabinet casing together at the corners is with nails or screws, leaving a finishing mess. But it’s very easy to split the plywood that way, … Read more
Everyone needs a workbench. If you have tools and you use them for anything more than hanging the occasional picture or tightening the occasional bolt, you’re going to hit the point where you want a workbench. The question then becomes, what do you make your workbench out of? What material to use? True dedicated woodworkers … Read more
Plywood is used in a lot of situations where strength is required. Generally speaking, if the strength of the plywood is not required, then other engineered materials are used. However, there are times when plywood alone isn’t strong enough, or, although it might be strong enough, it isn’t stiff enough to meet the need. In … Read more
Plywood is useful as both a building material and for making various projects. But what do you do when the project you are working on is larger than a sheet of plywood? In-home building, this is dealt with by nailing sheets next to each other so that the edges of both sheets are on a … Read more