wood dowel stuck in house wall timber with shavings surrounding it - Dmitrii Balabanov/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For such a simple component, crafting a ...

This is a quick, easy birdhouse project you can build in a couple hours. It’s also a great partner project for kids and grandkids. A birdhouse with these dimensions is suited for small- and ...

Dowel joinery is a great alternative to drilling pocket holes. They are ideal for making cabinet face frames and other small woodworking projects. Dowel holes can be marked by manually measuring and ...

Plugging may sound like a temporary quick fix. But in carpentry it’s a classy way to hide recessed fasteners. Drill a hole part way into a board, drive a fastener through the bottom of the hole, then ...

A hole is nothing. Or more precisely, it’s the absence of something—wood, metal, concrete, or any number of different materials. Since holes are nothing, why do we care about them and how to make them ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For such a simple component, crafting a wood dowel can surprisingly seem well beyond a DIYer's capacity. A perfectly rounded rod is hardly the ...