What Is the Longest Lasting Deck Stain?

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How To Plunge Cut With A Hand Wood Router

Trying anything new can be hard, especially when it comes to carpentry or home improvement tasks.  Using powered tools, like wood routers, can also be tricky, and whereas hand tools can get ...

5 Step-By-Step Woodworking Projects That Are Perfect For Beginners

Once you’ve got your workbench and first few basic tools ready to go, it’s time to choose a project and get building. You’re going to need plans for what you want to build, and ideally also ...

How To Choose Between Plywood Types

If you’ve never used plywood before and decide to purchase some for you next woodworking project, you’ll be in for a rude awakening! If you thought it was as simple as picking out the first piece ...

29 Dead Simple (Yet Awesome) Wood Projects

Ever felt the urge to build something with wood, but simply lack the time? DIY and woodworking seem like a real hassle – it seems like something that takes a ton of time… The truth is, you can ...

The Definitive Guide to Woodworking Safety

Woodworking should be fun and relaxing and it is, IF woodworking safety is adhered to when out in the wood shop. Failure to follow safe practices in the shop can lead to small injuries and worse, ...

How To Choose Woodworking Woods

Once you’ve decided to get into woodworking and you’ve chosen a project, your next step is choosing woodworking woods for your project. In this phase of your woodworking adventures you really ...

Woodworking Tips

5 Essential Woodworking Basics

Whether for professional, household or recreational purposes, woodworking is an art that needs a certain set of skills and consistent practice. Often, people take up woodworking as a hobby and learn ...

Your Garage Can Become Your Workshop

Not everybody is fortunate enough to have a dedicated wood shop, but almost anyone can find some space to work with wood. So long as you can put up with a bit of a mess, and some noise. Well, ...

How To Make A Window

Brayden Silva Woodworking Specialist If you want to try your hand at DIY woodworking, making your own home windows is one way to go. With the building materials readily available online or ...

How to make and install shelves

Introduction This section explains how to install the most common and basic forms of open shelving, consisting of either solid lumber boards or specifically manufactured shelving boards that sit ...

How to replace a door

The glass in the entry door was cracked and the frame pretty worse for wear, so it was really time for a new door.The old door was a common size so it was no problem finding a replacement.This is ...

Bathroom do-over

Introduction, getting started Introduction The bathroom/laundry downstairs was in dire need of a do-over. The floor area was 8ft x 8 1/2ft (2400mm x 2550mm). It contained a sink, washing ...

How to make a basic planter box

Introduction - Plans - Instructions This most basic planter box is really just an oblong with four sides fixed together to hold in the soil.The planter does not have a bottom. It is designed to ...

How to make a low picket gate, child-proof

Introduction and Plan Child-proof maybe a bit too strong of a term to use for this gate as there will always be some kid who will figure out how to scarper over the top of it, so maybe ...

How to make a Kid’s Desk

Introduction This kid's desk uses a tongue, slot and wedge system to hold most of it together.The desk frame is made up of interlocking 3/4"(18mm) thick plywood panels: spacer panels and side ...

How to make a Veggie / Herb Box

Introduction This is a relatively simple project that most people should be able to cope with. It is a good project for the novice woodworker and novice gardener.This particular veggie box or ...

How to Make Exterior Lumber Steps

Steps In this tutorial we show you an example of how to make lumber exterior steps 900mm (36") wide, coming off a deck 900mm (36") high. Practical Safety Rules for Lumber Steps : Treads ...

How to make a Track Dolly

Introduction and materials Because we tend to be focusing more and more on videoing Buildeazy projects, we try to improve production as we go and occasionally we get - or make - a new tool to ...

Build a Garden Chair

Garden chair project by Les Kenny This is a very comfortable garden chair and it doesn't look too bad either. It would pretty much look good in any garden. Made out of mostly 140mm x 35mm ...

Deck, Seat and Pergola Complex

Prelude to the construction This is a step-by-step account of a deck, seat and pergola complex building project. It covers all aspects of construction, time frame, unforeseen problems (if any), ...

How to make a brick and concrete path

Introduction - Plan drawings Introduction This project was inspired by the heap of spare bricks just lying around the place doing nothing."Why not make a brick and concrete path?" came a ...

Side Coffee Table Project

Introduction All measurements throughout this project are given in both Metric (mm) and Standard/Imperial inches.The measurements are given first in millimeters (mm), followed by inches in ...

How to make a Hall Bench or Bed End Bench

Introduction - Plans Introduction (scroll down for Plans) This type of bench seat is generally put at the end of a bed, against a wall in a wide hall or in a house entrance area. This plan is ...

How to build a Deck with Handrail and Steps

This deck, handrail and steps project required a building permit. This tutorial covers aspects of the project's construction, along with some of the plans that were submitted to the authority when ...

How to build a peaked top arbor

Introduction and lumber requirements This arbor is a solid construction with 100x100 (4x4) posts concreted into the ground, 100x50 (2x4) rafters, 50x50 (2x2) roof frame members and 50x50 (2x2) ...

How to build a kids multipurpose easel

Introduction and the parts list An easy project to make. It can be built without the use of any power tools. This is a good, simple, easy-to-make kid's easel that can be used for a blackboard, ...

How to make a pipe and chain-link mesh fence

Preparation, holes dug and posts concrete in We already had a hedge around the property boundary but still needed a fence to make a safe enclosure for the dog and grandkids. We opted for a 900mm ...

How to build a dollhouse

Preface How it started "Granddad, could you please make me a dollhouse for my birthday?"That's where it all started.I had made dollhouses before for my kids, but that was some thirty years ...

How to make an elf cave

Preface I first co-authored this project with my daughter Roseanne in 2004-2005. It was one of five projects we were commissioned to do for a book called 'DIY for kids - book two'. That book ...

How To Convert Base Cabinet Shelves To Drawers

Brayden Silva Woodworking Specialist Are you looking for a way to add more drawers in your kitchen without spending more on extra cabinets? This guide on how to convert base cabinet shelves to ...

How to fix a Lumber deck over a concrete patio

Solution 1 : Packing strips under decking Rip a piece of treated lumber (packing strips) at the required thickness to pack the decking boards level on the concrete patio. Place the packing ...

How to build a kid’s play cottage

Introduction, measurements, wood sizes Introduction The roof on this kid's cottage does require some thought, but with a bit of patience and by carefully following the plans and ...

How to construct a simple Garden Pond

Tools Spade or shovelConcrete mixer, or wheel barrow for smaller pondsGarden hose with spray nozzleBucket and hose water level or carpenters level Materials Heavy gauge polythene sheet ...

How to make a simple planter box

Introduction and materials list This planter box (or pot plant holder) is completely held together with wire.Construction is simply a matter of cutting the pieces, drilling the holes and ...