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Personalized growth charts are fun to make, share with your kids or grandkids, and make great heirloom gifts. Now they're easy to make, too, with the WoodRiver® Growth Chart Router Jig. Check out this video to learn more! 

Take a quick video tour of Leigh's Box Joint & Beehive Router Jig.

Looking for a fun spring or summer project? Here’s a unique spin on a chaise lounge created by Woodcraft Product Development Manager Ben Bice. Get creative and modify the shape or dimensions to fit your patio or deck.

A miter gauge is a great tool for crosscutting on the table saw, especially if outfitted with an auxiliary fence. But wide pieces force the miter gauge off the front of the saw table, creating an unsafe situation. And long pieces tend to drag on the table, making cuts inaccurate.

Spokeshaves are used to shape and smooth chair legs, wheel spokes and rods of all sorts. 

There is something very direct and satisfying about carving; making an object by removing material from a solid chunk until the shape that is left matches the vision you started out with. And while I enjoy the tap, tap, tap of working with a mallet and chisels, it can be a lot of fun to put the oomph of electricity behind your tools and spray chips with abandon as you quickly cut away the waste.

Whoever first said you can never have too many clamps may have just been one bar clamp short when gluing up a case for a cabinet job. It seems you could always use another. But when I think about that phrase, specific-use clamps come to mind. Sure, we have a lot of F-style clamps, pipe clamps, parallel jaw clamps, quick grips, and maybe even some spring clamps and handscrews. But traditional clamps don’t always fit the bill when you need something more job-specific to bring your unique projects together. With that in mind, I’ve corralled a handful of must-have specialty clamps to add to your collection.