Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
In a shockingly harmonious collaboration, tech mogul Elon Musk and pop sensation billionaire Taylor Swift have joined forces to acquire WoodCentral.com for $44 trillion. The dynamic duo has set their sights on the beloved woodworking community, sending shockwaves through the online DIY world. Elon Musk, the visionary behind SpaceX and Tesla, declared, “Woodworking is the … Read more
WOODEN TRESTLE BRIDGE, completed 1883. The tallest wooden railroad bridge in the world, the spectacular Marent Gulch Bridge, was 226 feet (69 meters) tall and 866 feet long. It took 800,000 board feet of lumber and a workforce of 150 men to complete the Northern Pacific Railway bridge. Just two years later, the entire structure … Read more
by Kevin Kelly I’ve put together a summary of answers provided to me and others who have asked about what tools to buy, and hope it will make it easier and less time-consuming for other newbies than searching the archives. However, give that a shot anyway; you’ll find much more information than I can provide … Read more
by Dominic Greco 1.0 Introdution It was not by accident I became adept at repairing tools that had been submerged or exposed to excessive amounts of water. In September of 1999, Hurricane Floyd roared into Bucks County Pennsylvania. Before it was over, trees were toppled, power lines were torn down, and many of the local creeks … Read more
by Chad Brink Found a good little trick for spreading the glue. My regular glue brush was too small to spread it so I cut the bristles on an old 2 inch paintbrush down to an inch long. This made for a nice stiff brush that was great for pushing and spreading the glue onto … Read more
by Sam Simpson Without getting too long winded, let me offer a few tips that we have learned along the way. Glue Use hot hide glue in the joinery. Good quality pearl hide glue has much better gap filling properties than most people realize. If you are really concerned about the fit, correct it … Read more
176 Woodworking Projects by the editors of Workbench magazine Sterling Publishing: 2003 Paperback, 256 pp., $14.95 ISBN 1-4027-0884-X Long before the current plethora of woodworking magazines became available, there was Workbench magazine. Since 1957, woodworking ideas and plans have rolled off the presses in this original DIY publication, and the staff has now pulled together some of their favorite … Read more
Robert R. Clough is a scholar, a woodworker and a longstanding friend of WoodCentral. From his own extensive woodworking library, he has compiled a reading list–along with concise reviews–of books he feels are most valuable to amateur woodworkers. A few words from Rob Clough . . . I was born on November 24, 1930, in … Read more
Here are some lists of important woodworking books compiled by John Kelsey at our request. All titles were in print when this page was created, but we can’t guarantee they still are. These lists are not intended to be exhaustive or necessarily complete, but there are no clunkers in here either. We will add other … Read more
Hi folks, Well, I sent our esteemed webmaster Peter a copy of the only video we ever published, 16 years ago, of one of my oldest friends, Bill McCarthy, in the steam-powered woodworking shop that he set up in one of his barns. An avid historian who ran “Restoration Millwork,” a cabinet shop and architectural … Read more
WordPress is a widely recognized and acclaimed web software that enables millions of webmasters worldwide to build their websites and blogs. It is estimated there are around 2 billion websites on the internet, with WordPress powering approximately 40% of those websites or 800 million. It was used to create what you are reading now, so … Read more
by David Mather I first read the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien 30 years ago and have been a fan ever since. After seeing the movie, I decided to re-read my old tattered “tri-tome” so I could compare the two. In doing so, I was reminded of something I had forgotten: trees played a … Read more
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