Q: I'm using some 2-inch-thick lumber to make a kitchen work top. This wood has some defects, like knots. I cannot figure out how to use my hand router to cut out these defects in a curved cut and ...

From its starting to point as a tree to its product form as a beam or piece of furniture, wood used in architecture and interior design goes through several stages and processes. A renewable resource ...

Wood is well-known to be a very versatile medium. What isn't so well-known, though, is its properties for bending. For instance, you can use steam to shape this otherwise inflexible material or employ ...

Mike Jarvi saws, planes, chisels, steam bends, bolts and glues his way to producing his signature wood Jarvi bench from logs. Jarvi is known as a steam bender and as the inventor of the one-piece ...

Bending wood is a complex affair. Despite the curves inherent in trees, most wood does not naturally want to bend. There are a few tricks you can use to bend it however, such kerf cutting and steaming ...

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