I love creating things from wood and these are some of my woodworking tips and technique’s that I have picked up along my creative journey.
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Woodworking Tips And Technique’s
1. Prevents plywood from splintering: By placing masking tape on the line you are cutting.
2. Hole to big: No problem just mix a little bit of glue with saw dust, fill in the hole, let dry. Re-drill the hole.
3. Prevent glue from oozing: Apply masking tape along side of area to be glued prevents glue from getting in unwanted places.
4. Need time when gluing: Try white glue instead of yellow. It dries slower.
Tweet This5. Stripped out holes: Place one or two toothpicks in the hole, then screw in the screw, break off toothpicks.
6. Spread Glue on edges: Try a toothbrush. Works great, easy clean up.
7. Secure wood to work surface: Use clamps so wood won’t slip while cutting.
8. When cutting: Saw blade teeth always face away from you.
9. Pilot holes: When cutting out circles, squares, etc. First drill hole at inside edge, large enough for saw blade.
10. Rusty blades: Coating blades with WD40 helps them last longer and keep them from rusting.
11. Matching putty: Mix saw dust from the same wood you are using with a clear epoxy.
12. Cut wood easier: Applying paste wax to saw blade teeth.
13. Screws: Will go in easier by rubbing a little paraffin wax on first.
14. Avoid lost caps: Store your wood glue in a mustard bottle. It has airtight twist cap, and its free.
15. Putty trick: Place a strip of masking tape on area to be nailed. Set heads, place putty over nail heads, remove tape.
16. Gel Stains: Are thicker so less running, color pigment stays suspended instead of settling on bottom so less stirring. Comes in water or oil base.
Hope you have found some of these woodworking tips helpful. Do you have any woodworking tips and technique? If so please share below in comments.
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Thanks for these great tips! My husband has just built my son a workbench and my son now often asks me to assist with his projects when my husband is at work – so now I will at least know something!
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Thanks Karen! These simple tips have came in handy many times for me, especially the toothpicks for the striped out screw hole.
These are great woodworking tips and techniques! I love working on any woodworking project and could use some of the tips and techniques! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Ryan, glad you found them helpful!
Hi Linda,
These are evergreen tips and tricks for any DIYers and of course thanks for sharing it.
Will be glade to share it in wood stuff related communities very soon.
Cheers.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed them!
Hello Linda, thank you so much for sharing such good and helpful woodworking tips. As a beginner, I love all these ideas that you share from your experience. I also love to learn from you about how to sand a rough piece of wood with ease.
Hi Linda
You have shared some great ideas which are very useful for beginners. Among your tips, Spread Glue on edges, I think the tips are great, I have learned something new by reading your content.
I Hope will get more informative content.
Thanks
Thanks James! So happy you enjoyed my post!
Thanks for these awesome tips. It will really make woodworking much easier with these tips and techniques
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Hi Luis! Glad you enjoyed them and thanks for stopping by.