Types of wood joints are something you can learn even if you're not a carpenter. The smell of fresh-cut wood alone is enticing.

Mitered and coped joints work well for corners on baseboards. Beginners like to miter, but there are advantages to learning how to cope trim, too.

50 Digital Joints: Poster Visual Reference: Jochen Gross made this wonderful compilation of digital wood joints under CC license (various CAD files also available to download on his site). I wanted to be able to look at them all at once at marvel at their beauty, so I whipped up this poster-…

Create Simple, Strong, and Handsome Corners In the history of woodworking joinery, box joints (sometimes called finger joints) are a fairly recent arrival. That’s because before the circular saw blade, cabinetmakers didn’t think that the square-shouldered joint was worth the effort. They viewed box joints as harder to

Butt joint is one of the most commonly used joints in woodworking. Find out how to make the perfect butt joints with this easy to follow step-by-step guide.

I wanted to make the base of the little land bigger than the initial prototype where the base was 9*9 inches. I realized that the surface area was too small to build upon. Nikita made an observation at Jaaga where i exhibited little land, she said when kids played with it due to the small surface area, they began asking her to hold the pieces separately around the base, trying to expand the area. So i thought of things: 1. Having a base the size of a small table so kids could sit around and…

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Rabbet joints make strong corners. They're easy to build and useful in cabinets, drawers and other box-like structures.