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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. Jig for doweling through a miter.

    MrRick,
    • 1 reply
    • 60 views
    lew
    lew

  2. Salt in your glue

    MrRick,
    • 4 replies
    • 211 views
    MrRick
    MrRick

  3. Green salt treated warped 2 x 6 x 8'

    Topic was moved to forum General Woodworking

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

    calabrese55,
    • 11 replies
    • 1.6k views
    calabrese55
    calabrese55

  5. Tool Enhancement #1

    Bubba,
    • 10 replies
    • 425 views
    Gerald
    Gerald

  6. Tool Enhancement #2

    Bubba,
    • 3 replies
    • 181 views
    Grandpadave52
    Grandpadave52

  7. Router Bit height adjustment

    MrRick,
    • 7 replies
    • 268 views
    PostalTom
    PostalTom

  8. Quick Measure

    HandyDan,
    • 2 replies
    • 564 views
    MrRick
    MrRick

  9. Even spacing

    User74,
    • 9 replies
    • 1.5k views
    MrRick
    MrRick

  10. Simple Dado Gauge

    JimM,
    • 5 replies
    • 207 views
    Gerald
    Gerald

  11. Single use jig

    Bubba,
    • 8 replies
    • 442 views
    lew
    lew

  12. Router Table Essentials

    Fred Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 331 views
    lew
    lew

  13. Workbench Magazine Sept-Oct 1968 Shop Tips

    John Morris,
    • 4 replies
    • 287 views
    John Morris
    John Morris

  14. A FREE 12-Day Course on Woodworking Joints

    Fred Wilson,
    • 4 replies
    • 335 views
    Grandpadave52
    Grandpadave52

  15. Mortise gauge

    MrRick,
    • 8 replies
    • 625 views
    MrRick
    MrRick

  16. Simple Edge Beading Tool

    MrRick,
    • 6 replies
    • 479 views
    MrRick
    MrRick

  17. Here’ my Lumber Jock drill guide

    Steve104c,
    • 2 replies
    • 860 views
    Grandpadave52
    Grandpadave52

  18. Grip Don't Rip

    Bubba,
    • 1 reply
    • 677 views
    lew
    lew

  19. LumberJack Drill Sargent

    Steve104c,
    • 3 replies
    • 538 views
    Steve104c
    Steve104c

  20. Find Center With Tape Measure

    John Morris,
    • 20 replies
    • 4.3k views
    Mstatosh
    Mstatosh

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