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Beginner Wood Carving As a woodworker, I believe woodcarving is one of the simplest forms of woodwork anyone could get involved in. If you start out with the most basic projects first, you can quickly develop the skills and the enjoyment to continue the hobby. I find I get a great sense of achievement from…
MDF seems to be the one thing that scares most people whenever they need to screw into its edge. I have been a cabinetmaker for the last 20 years and screwing MDF together is something we did every day.All of the apprentices would be always asking how to screw into the edges of MDF without…
As a cabinetmaker, I absolutely have spent a long time over the last 20 years sanding MDF. We commonly used MDF on kitchen doors when they had to be painted so sanding was a must. I still get asked, can you sand MDF? MDF can be sanded conveniently with a hand sanding block or electric…
During my years as a cabinetmaker, I noticed a lot of new homes were opting for MDF door linings and MDF door frames. MDF certainly helps with cost-cutting but I was always hesitant and wondered are MDF door linings any good. I sort of knew the answer but thought I would put some research into…
So you have finally finished your woodworking project and it is time to apply the stain but you may be wondering how long will it take for that stain to dry before I can move on to applying a polyurethane topcoat. So how long does it take a stain to dry? Most wood stains take…
I was cutting up some 2×4’s the other day with my circular saw and smoke started pouring out from my work area. Let’s just say I got a bit of a fright! But I’m sure most of us have been there and have also thought my circular saw is smoking. Why my circular saw smokes?…
While scent is a very subjective sense, a lot of people find the smell of sawdust appealing, even to the point of sawdust scented colognes being created. But what makes this unlikely substance so appealing? Why does sawdust smell so good? It’s hard to say why we like the smell of sawdust since there hasn’t…
I upgraded my dust collector system recently, and nothing gave me a tougher time than grounding it. There was a time when I used to believe that grounding was for high-capacity industrial dust collectors only. But because of the dust collector fire horror stories on woodworking forums, I have been very cautious about grounding. And…
I usually like to minimize my MDF-cutting burden before getting started with any project. For the most part, I get my MDF cut to size at the store. Still, you cannot expect more than a few vertical or horizontal cuts from the store. For curved cuts, I had to resort to a router. But I…
I procrastinate after getting all the materials for my projects. And usually, this is productive because the materials, usually wood, need to acclimate to the atmosphere of the location where it is used. My current project is an MDF baseboard, and I am having a hard time justifying the delay because MDF doesn’t need to…
One of the problems I often face is having paint left over after I am done painting a project. After I finished painting the trim on two windows, I had some latex paint left over. It wasn’t enough to cover the door frame, but it could make an interesting coat for cabinet doors. But since…
