10 tune-up tips for perfect planing
Your benchtop planer takes a beating in normal use. Give it routine maintenance for glassy-smooth, quality results board after board.
Dealing with wood defects
There's no such thing as the perfect board. But you can salvage a lot of "challenged" lumber using these tricks.
Lessons in Logging
The WOOD team spends the day at Senior Design Editor Kevin Boyle's home, milling lumber from logs.
Shop Tested: Benchtop jointers
Whether yours is a small shop or a new shop, set it up for big-league lumber surfacing at an entry-level price point with a benchtop jointer. Our head-to-head test points you to the right model.
Using a Moisture Meter
This easy-to-use and affordable tool proves indispensable for knowing when wood is ready to use.
Pressure-treated lumber: to finish or not to finish?
I’m building some outdoor projects out of pressure-treated lumber and am wondering what finish, if any, I should use?
