Video: Breaking down drop-leaf table joinery

Steve Latta demonstrates his straightforward techniques for creating two joints—rule and knuckle—that would have most woodworkers scratching their heads.

How to make a knuckle joint

How to make a rule joint

Video: Back it up

There is no reason the back of your case shouldn’t reflect the care you put into the rest of the project. Editor and creative director Michael Pekovich shows how he uses a special box of shims to space his shiplapped boards perfectly.

Video Workshop: Hanging Wall Cabinet with Mike Pekovich

FWW editor and creative director Michael Pekovich builds a small cabinet that packs in a lot of techniques. It has dovetailed case construction, through-mortise-and-tenon joinery, a dovetailed drawer, a frame-and-panel door, and a decorative kumiko panel. In this series, while demonstrating how to build the cabinet, he teaches woodworking techniques that can be applied to building any piece of furniture.

Video: Behind the design: Mike Korsak’s En Pointe

Mike Korsak takes you through the design process–including his hand-drafted sketches–for his case on stand, En Pointe.

Video: Master Class with Tom McLaughlin

Follow along with Tom McLaughlin while he builds a Shaker-style dresser in this eight-part video series.

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