by The Wood Craftsman | Jun 1, 2019 | Wood Finishes
If you learn how to stain wood, it will open lots of avenues for you as a do-it-yourself. When constructing new furniture, a new world of color possibilities will open up. Restoring old furniture can include accenting the beauty of wood grains. Reusing existing...
by The Wood Craftsman | May 6, 2019 | About Wood, Wood Crafting
Gouges? There’s something timeless about wood. In a world where designers have no limit to the materials they can use to build a dining room floor or piece of furniture, there still is nothing comparable to the elegance of oak, birch, or cedar. Of course, with...
by The Wood Craftsman | Mar 8, 2019 | About Wood, Wood Crafting
Wood bookcases are pieces of furniture that are found in nearly every home or office around the world. They seem to be essential to living comfortably. We all have collections of books or movies or CDs or pictures that need somewhere to rest when they are not being...
by The Wood Craftsman | Jan 24, 2019 | About Wood, Blog
CNC machines are electrically powered mechanical devices that use machine tools to shape materials such as wood or metal with the guidance of a pre-programmed set of instructional inputs. CNC is an acronym that stands for Computer Numerical Control, which refers to...
by The Wood Craftsman | Sep 11, 2018 | About Wood, Wood Crafting
A wood lathe is a machine that is ancient in its simplest form. And yet, today can incorporate more technology than most think is possible. It’s for this reason that the skills used to operate them aren’t generally thought of as being easy to come by....
by The Wood Craftsman | Apr 6, 2018 | About Wood, Best Wood for Furniture
Of the different wood textures and types, plywood is particularly sought after by woodworkers for a number of purposes because of its durability and flexibility. In this piece, we will examine several of the different plywood textures and types, so that you can have a...
