Carpentry

Over time, even the best built cupboard and cabinet doors can begin to sag and bind a little. Just think about the number of times a kitchen cupboard door is opened in just one year--and then...

Most commercially available portable speakers use minimal paper speaker cones, small amplifiers, and plastic housings with a predictable listening result--they sound strained when they get turned...

Cedar siding is one of the thinnest sidings available for a home, but, as paradoxical as this seems, it is more resilient than other materials, as well. Because of its thin construction, though,...

My father was very handy at fixing things around the house and often used this simple method to tighten a wood screw. One great advantage is that it uses commonly available household supplies. ...

Oak trim adds a natural and elegant accent to your home and décor. Use pre-finished oak trim in new homes, or to replace old or damaged trim. Pre-finished oak trim allows you to bypass the...

Marine and exterior plywood are popular materials for projects that will be exposed to moisture created by the environment or man-made sources. Both types consist of thin wooden layers or plies...

Corners of wood picture frames sometime need reinforcing after being damaged by falling off the wall, being generally mishandled or having their glue joints dry out. Any of these things can cause...

Kitchen drawers are not very complicated structures. They are aggravating, however, when they don't work correctly. This happens for a number of reasons. The metal ledge on which a drawer is often...

Many people find woodworking projects to be relaxing and rewarding. From building doll houses and toy animals to wood boxes, all woodworking projects have one thing in common---wood glue. Also...

Nothing is worse than a stripped screw or hole. Furniture and anything else breaks down much more quickly with loose screws. Not only does a loose screw provide a weaker piece of furniture, it...

Whether it's been pulled out by gravity or a great tug or it's become stripped from too much retightening, repairing a screw that's lost its grip in wood is an easy fix. In most cases the repair...

Changing the laminate on your kitchen or bathroom countertops can go a long way toward updating and improving the appearance of these rooms. Laminates come in a wide variety of colors, textures,...

When a bamboo colm, or stalk, reaches the height of 35 to 40 feet, it is harvested and inspected for imperfections and presence of pests. It is then cut into slats. The slats are treated with a...

Using wood glue to bond two pieces of wood together needs to be done properly or the bond will fail. Many people become frustrated with using wood glue, feeling that it is not effective, when in...

Because wooden chairs are commonly found in high-traffic areas, such as kitchens and dining rooms, they get a lot of use and take a lot of abuse. Even the toughest wooden chairs can become wobbly...

Wood glue can be the carpenter's best friend. When placed in the right joints it can hold a piece of furniture together for a century or more. On the face of a wooden cabinet, however, it bodes...

If you have ever been making something with wood but the nail went into the wrong place, or maybe the hammer hit the wood too hard and created a dent, it tends to ruin the look of your project....

Cabinet damage shows up mainly in drawers and doors. It is difficult to find contractors who will take on these projects because they are too small and time consuming. Though the project seems...

A chair is made up of a number of small, relatively weak pieces of wood that all work together to make it strong enough to hold a person. However, if a joint is loose, the overall strength of the...

Install vinyl cove base like a pro.

You sit down on your favorite wood chair and suddenly you hear a noise. You look down and notice there is a split in your chair leg. How do you fix it? Below is the way to go about fixing a split...

Most cabinet or drawer knobs (or pulls) can loosen with time. No matter how many times you tighten them with a screwdriver, they are still loose and annoying. This is likely because the screw...

Building a closet door for that closet space left over after a remodel project may seem a daunting project for the average Do-It-Yourself woodworker. With precision measuring, good tools, patience...

Interior closet doors are almost always hollow. This makes shortening them (if you change flooring, if you have house shifting issues, etc) a little bit more complex than just cutting them. This...

Cyanoacrylates are a family of strong, fast-setting adhesives originally formulated at Kodak Laboratories during World War II. The substance proved unacceptable for its intended use, military gun...

Here's an affordable idea to help organize food and, at the same time, create kitchen storage space. This can be integrated easily into any room décor because you are the designer. Build this...

Before you lay new wood flooring, vinyl tile, carpet or other floor materials, you'll want a smooth, even sub-flooring installed over the old floor. This provides a solid, level work surface to...

In order to repair a rotted or partially rotted door frame, you must remove and then replace the portion where rot has occurred. The process is not too hard, though it is essential that you remove...

If you've ever gotten a burn hole in your rug, chances are you've tried to repair it because, lets face it, wall-to-wall carpeting isn't cheap to replace. When attempting to get a flawless,...

Gorilla Glue is popular because it sticks to anything and doesn't let go. This is great when you are using it for a project, but terrible when you get it on your clothes or home decor fabrics. The...

A board or piece of trim in your house is cracked and split. You'd like to know how to glue the wood together so the crack is repaired. Here's how to do it.

If you are gluing wood, you'll want to use yellow resin glues, like Titebond or Elmer's Wood Glue. Here's how to use yellow resin glue to affix glue two pieces of wood together.

This is how to install floor to ceiling faux square columns.

You don't have to replace a sagging drawer bottom. A typical drawer has a cavity beneath it that's just deep enough so you can strengthen the bottom with a piece of plywood. The following article...

Repairing cigarette burns in your carpet is very inexpensive and fairly easy. Burns in your carpet look very bad and if you are renting you have a good chance of losing part or most of your...

You can make sandpaper belts from sandpaper rolls and they are sold in yards so you could make quite a few and it should be less expensive than buying individual belts.

You can make your own sandpaper belt at home with only a few common products. Make sure you don't leave too much slack when gluing the belt together and also make sure you don't cut too much off....

Major repairs to a spiral staircase are rarely necessary. Most problems that occur are minor in nature caused by the settling of the floor or damage to the baluster. If you're hearing the...

Dowels are a great way to fasten wood to give it more stability than just using screws. Dowels are small, cylindrical pieces of wood that fit into holes at a joint of two larger pieces of wood....

Your grand staircase makes a less-than-grand impression if it's got a broken baluster. Replacing, tightening or repairing a baluster is easy if you understand how it's secured. The bottom end is...