Knowledge You Can Build On – Est. 1998
Peter Martin 
Black Friday is November 27 this year, and plenty of woodworking sales are already live. Several retailers haven’t posted their 2026 pages yet. Live now or starting soon Not yet confirmed for 2026 Trackers worth bookmarking 731 Woodworks keeps a running page of Home Depot, Lowe’s, Amazon, Acme Tools and Rockler deals, updated as sales … Read more
We’ve made UI/UX improvements to our sister site Woodfinder to make it easier to use on mobile devices. And faster.
Parts of the site may not work as we fix bugs that snuck in during last week’s server node upgrade.
There is a persistent misconception about what it takes to build and operate a successful website. Individuals and businesses often approach the process with ambitious expectations, limited budgets, and an assumption that simply having a website will somehow translate into visibility, visitors, customers, and revenue. The reality is considerably different. Building a website has never … Read more
Our YT Vault shows the latest uploads from more than 300 woodworking-related YouTube channels. It’s a convenient way to keep up with all of them without bouncing from channel to channel. You probably don’t care about every one, though, so the Vault lets you “mute” the channels you’d rather not see. To set it up, … Read more
The Unicorn Sharpening Method (originated by David Weaver) is a woodworking technique that creates a microscopic, rounded convex bevel at the very tip of a tool like a chisel or plane iron. How It Works Benefits It has been discussed extensively in our forums and on woodworking communities like Popular Woodworking or Of Making by … Read more
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Woodworkers looking for reliable information on techniques, materials, and getting started in the craft may find something worthwhile at The Crucible, an online resource from a nonprofit arts school in Oakland, California. The Crucible’s guide library covers far more than woodworking. Its collection spans traditional crafts and industrial arts, including blacksmithing, welding, glassworking, ceramics, jewelry … Read more
Have you noticed more people finding WoodCentral through search engines? There’s a good reason to believe our long history of woodworking knowledge is becoming an increasingly valuable asset. WoodCentral has been building its knowledge base since 1998. For 28 years, woodworkers have shared their experience, asked questions, solved problems, compared techniques, discussed tools, and passed … Read more
The WoodCentral homepage now brings together new content from across the site, making it easier to keep up with what’s happening without having to visit each section individually. WoodCentral runs on several different software packages, including WordPress, ForkBB, Piwigo, Osclass, and our own custom software. Each handles and stores content differently, which makes it challenging … Read more
One of the fundamental problems of the modern web: the cost of creating a website has collapsed, but the difficulty of attracting an audience has not. In fact, the flood of inexpensive, instantly generated websites may make attracting an audience harder than ever. Twenty-five years ago, building a website required a certain amount of technical … Read more
The scene has expanded a lot since the early days of standalone forums. Here’s a practical overview of the major active woodworking communities today, ranked roughly by how serious woodworkers tend to use them. Platform / Site Best For Vibe & Activity Level Strengths Weaknesses Best Match For WoodCentral Technical advice, tools, jigs, shops Practical, … Read more
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