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Double-stick tape ensures safe plunge cuts at the router table or table saw.

Scribing your chisel line is a good way for beginners to start chopping mortises.

This simple version of a clamp rack is nothing more than a few pieces of 2x4 lumber screwed together and leaned against the wall

To support long boards on edge for planing, sawing, and drilling, place one end in the vise and the other on this simple but effective board jack.

To see at a glance what's being clamped, use clear acrylic for the top clamping cauls.

For photographing projects, a large white plastic shade—the kind that comes on a wood roller—works great and is much cheaper than a professional seamless backdrop.

If you don’t like getting geeky about glue-up stuff—glue brushes specifically—then this is not the video for you.

If you're making a project such as a spice box that requires lots of small pulls but you don't have a lathe, a modified cheap pencil sharpener works great.

An easy-to-find electrical connector makes a good glue cap.

Use the reflection on the saw plate to gauge your accuracy.