Small Projects

Stunning grain sits atop a mitered storage base.

Rob Spiece's entryway piece centers around easily repeatable and efficient techniques

Zsolt Nagy demonstrates his process for a book cover with a wooden mosaic of wildflowers.

This project is packed with details and joinery exercises

Torque a Spanish windlass to keep the miters tight

These knobs are made by cutting a circle out of a square blank but then using the scraps, connecting them with two sticks in the middle that are joined with a simple lap joint.

To quickly clear jams in a shop vac hose, use an electrician’s wire-fishing tape, which is often sold as “fish tape." After a few pokes with the end of the tape, the clog will fall out of the hose.

Chris Becksvoort's study in dovetails, dadoes, and dividers

Joshua Sterns shows you how to use offcuts to perfect your box-making skills

Peter Marcucci adapts a furniture Charles Rohlf waste container by adding a liner to turn it into an umbrella stand.