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Woodworking Tips

Use this sub-forum for General Woodworking to submit your tips and tricks related to woodworking.

Tips Rules

Please read and follow these guidelines before submitting your tips:

  • Please stay on topic related to the original tip submitted.

  • Please do not submit another tip within the same tip topic that was created by another member.

  • Please do not get into the back n forth, regarding how you would've performed the same operation, in other words please stay away from, "what you should of done", "what I would have done", "here is my method" etc etc. It defeats the purpose of individual tips created by each unique woodworker.

  • If you have a different way, or improved way to perform a tip that was already entered by another woodworker, please submit your own version in a separate tip topic.

  • Title your tips accordingly, the title should reflect what the tip is.

  • In addition to the tags you will be using for your tip, please always include a tag "tip".

  • Please submit images with your tips.

  1. they stole my idea

    kmealy,
    • 8 replies
    • 194 views
    JWD
    JWD

  2. Quick Level

    HandyDan,
    • 3 replies
    • 66 views
    DuckSoup
    DuckSoup

  3. Salt in your glue

    MrRick,
    • 6 replies
    • 272 views
    MrRick
    MrRick

  4. Jig for doweling through a miter.

    MrRick,
    • 1 reply
    • 79 views
    lew
    lew

  5. The Square of Thales......everything old is new again

    calabrese55,
    • 11 replies
    • 1.6k views
    calabrese55
    calabrese55

  6. Tool Enhancement #1

    Bubba,
    • 10 replies
    • 440 views
    Gerald
    Gerald

  7. Tool Enhancement #2

    Bubba,
    • 3 replies
    • 192 views
    Grandpadave52
    Grandpadave52

  8. Router Bit height adjustment

    MrRick,
    • 7 replies
    • 293 views
    PostalTom
    PostalTom

  9. Quick Measure

    HandyDan,
    • 2 replies
    • 576 views
    MrRick
    MrRick

  10. Even spacing

    User74,
    • 9 replies
    • 1.6k views
    MrRick
    MrRick

  11. Simple Dado Gauge

    JimM,
    • 5 replies
    • 221 views
    Gerald
    Gerald

  12. Single use jig

    Bubba,
    • 8 replies
    • 456 views
    lew
    lew

  13. Router Table Essentials

    Fred Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 338 views
    lew
    lew

  14. Workbench Magazine Sept-Oct 1968 Shop Tips

    John Morris,
    • 4 replies
    • 300 views
    John Morris
    John Morris

  15. A FREE 12-Day Course on Woodworking Joints

    Fred Wilson,
    • 4 replies
    • 340 views
    Grandpadave52
    Grandpadave52

  16. Mortise gauge

    MrRick,
    • 8 replies
    • 638 views
    MrRick
    MrRick

  17. Simple Edge Beading Tool

    MrRick,
    • 6 replies
    • 501 views
    MrRick
    MrRick

  18. Here’ my Lumber Jock drill guide

    Steve104c,
    • 2 replies
    • 871 views
    Grandpadave52
    Grandpadave52

  19. Grip Don't Rip

    Bubba,
    • 1 reply
    • 688 views
    lew
    lew

  20. LumberJack Drill Sargent

    Steve104c,
    • 3 replies
    • 545 views
    Steve104c
    Steve104c

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