A rocking box or a mitered frame with a gap in the corner usually can be traced to the same root cause: the parts weren’t quite square. This isn’t about being compulsive about squareness; it’s about making pieces that fit…
Accurate measuring is the first step to accurate woodworking, but it is often one of the first steps to get neglected. A mis-mark by as little as 1 millimeter can easily become a joint that doesn’t quite close, or a…
A hand saw comes into contact with a piece of wood and the result is usually a wobbly cut. The saw drifts, the teeth chatter, and what was a straight pencil mark is transformed into a kinked one in the…
Perhaps the most disheartening of these is splintering a board as you get near the end of the cut. It’s going fine, and then part way through, the fibers tear out, and you’re left with a splintered, rough-looking edge. This…
