Intermediate Project Guide

How to Build a Bookcase: Step-by-Step Woodworking Plans

Basically consisting of three plywood boxes fitted with a hardwood face frame, this piece looks built-in because it spans from wall to wall, and is trimmed with molding at the ceiling and floor. I used 3/4-in. birch plywood for the cases, 4/4 sustainably harvested African mahogany for the face frames and 3/4-in. mahogany plywood for the sides surrounding the doorway. With moderate skills and some patience, it wouldn't be hard to make this project fit any space.

Scrap Table

There's a lot of wood out in the world free for the taking -- in dumpsters, back alleys, vacant lots, abandoned buildings, recycling yards, and architectural salvage centers.  Most wood, if free from rot, is just as strong, durable, and good to use as new wood, once you sand off the weathering.

How to Make a Bookcase Out of an Old Dresser

I always seem to find dressers missing their drawers being thrown out for garbage. It seems like such a waste to throw away perfectly good wood. Turning a dresser into a bookcase is a relatively simple DIY project; most  of the hard work is completed for you since the dresser makes the frame of the bookcase.

Shot Glass Display Case

This page is all about Dados, since there are more than eighty of the little suckers to cut. The trick is to keep them all in line to make this projects lines pop out at you.

Four Ways to Build a Tavern Table

We used to have a table just like this one that was great for playing cards or board games with our two kids. Unfortunately, I sold that table and have always regretted it. So when we finished out a couple new basement rooms for the kids, building a new game table was first on my list.

Arts & Crafts Workbench

A workbench is an essential tool in hand woodworking. This project is presented in an easy to follow step-by-step illustrated format.

Expanding Round Table

Just recently I have figured out how to build this table with self-storing leaves using the same robust mechanical system that is the foundation of this table design. The only other version of this table that I am aware of that can perform this action uses cables and springs for the mechanism, which is not very robust. I look forward to implementing this design concept in the next version of the table.