Popular YouTube channel The Wood Whisperer demonstrates a simple four-step process for creating mortises with a router. The process, known as LTBD (Layout, Tools, Balance, Direction) is described ...

Simple mortise-and-tenon joints that meet at right angles can be made satisfactorily with power tools, but the ability to cut a mortise and tenon by hand opens up a much wider range of applications ...

In this short build I show how I cut a keyed mortise and tenon joint entirely by hand. I mark out the shoulders, chop the mortise with a chisel, then carefully shape the tenon and the tapered key so ...

In this short video I show how I cut a clean mortise entirely by hand using a chisel and wooden mallet. You can follow each careful strike as the waste chips curl out of the joint and the walls become ...

Are you unsure of which type of router to get for your woodshop? Discover 8 advantages of a plunge router vs a fixed-base router. The plunge router deserves a place in every shop. Routing chores, such ...