WOOD Magazine Staff

A honing guide provides the best way to achieve the accurate, consistent sharpening results your chisels, plane irons, and other edge tools require. Here we present four honing guides that should serve you well. (Depending on your tools, you might need more than one.)

I hear a lot of talk about tracksaws and how useful they are. For years, I’ve gotten by just fine using a circular saw with a straightedge guide. Am I missing something? Is there a big advantage to a tracksaw vs. a circular saw with a guide?

For precisely drilled holes, you can’t beat a drill press if the workpiece fits on it.

For precisely drilled holes, you can’t beat a drill press if the workpiece fits on it.

WOOD® magazine Senior Design Editor Kevin Boyle has been incorporating veneer into his furniture and gift projects for more than 30 years.

Use these simple tools and techniques to properly secure artwork in a frame.

I have a small aluminum case for my on-the-go tool kit, but when I priced custom foam inserts to protect the tools inside, my jaw hit the floor.

I cut clear acrylic pieces 12" or narrower on my bandsaw, and for wider ones, I use my tablesaw with an 80-tooth veneer blade mounted backwards. This is hard on the blades. Is there a better way?

These woodworking products outperform their price tags.