How to Make a Froe - a Green Woodworking Tool: I have always loved working with wood. Green woodworking, as the name implies, is working with wood that has recently been cut down or has fallen down. I had a few oak trees get blown over and thought I would make a few things with them. You migh…

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You don't have to be an expert woodworker to take on one of these 39 outdoor projects for beginners. Every project includes plans and tips for success.

Learn how to stop wood from cracking. Seal the blanks on your wood with Anchorseal as soon as you cut them to help avoid cracking.

David Fisher puts together a collection of his favorite gouges, suggesting which sizes are most useful and explaining what each is best used for.

by Todd Walker My uncle Emmett introduced me to woodcarving in grade school. He taught me to carve a “ball in a cage” from a single block of balsa wood in the church basement. Years pas…

For beginners, this can be a little overwhelming. You can narrow down your selection with the following sweeping statements. Don’t use softwoods (e.g. pines and spruces), don’t use ring porous species (e.g. oaks and ashes). Of course, you can carve a spoon from any wood but diffuse-porous wood tends

I've posted before about shrink pots but thought it may be of use to some beginners to publish a step by step tutorial of how I make them at the moment. This is just my method, I'm sure there are equally good alternative methods, It's just my personal observations, thoughts and methodology. Firstly, I tend to leave the outside of my pots predominantly debarked but natural, so I tend to make them in volume in the spring when the sap is rising. This is because the bark is extremely easy to…

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