Category: Woodworking Projects

  • OSB Or Plywood: Best Workbench Top for Woodworking

    OSB Or Plywood: Best Workbench Top for Woodworking

    A workbench is as strong as its weakest link, and you would be surprised how often that is the top and not the foundation. One can use a regular workhorse foundation or a pallet wood base for a workbench, but what should you use for a workbench top? A plywood workbench top is better than…

  • Is Wood Carving An Expensive Hobby 

    Is Wood Carving An Expensive Hobby 

    Woodworking is elaborate, and woodcarving isn’t. You don’t need to be a lumberjack to build small wood sculptures. And as a woodworker who started out with an interest in carving, I can tell you it is personally rewarding. But some people believe it is very expensive. Wood carving is not an expensive hobby because you…

  • How Long Woodcarving Takes to Do And Learn

    How Long Woodcarving Takes to Do And Learn

    Woodcarving is an enchanting art form that is rewarding and therapeutic. If you’ve ever looked at a carving and wished you, too, could pull off something similar, I can understand. My hands also itched to create whenever I saw a beautiful sculpture. I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to get started and…

  • 12 Beginner Wood Carving Projects Anyone Can Carve

    12 Beginner Wood Carving Projects Anyone Can Carve

    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…

  • What Screws Do I Need For Ikea Lack Shelves? Proof

    What Screws Do I Need For Ikea Lack Shelves? Proof

    I bought IKEA LACK shelves around a month ago, and as fruitful as the end result was, I found it quite frustrating that there were no screws in the package. Had I known what size screws to use, I would have already arranged to have them by the time the shelf was delivered. Fortunately, the…

  • Is It Possible To Cut Ikea Floating Shelves?

    Is It Possible To Cut Ikea Floating Shelves?

    Ikea floating shelves are very popular in people’s homes as more and more homeowners are looking for that seamless and uncluttered look. From my 30 years as a cabinetmaker, floating shelves became an everyday occurrence and I have cut down more than 20 of these. I would often get asked can Ikea floating shelves be…