Equipment

Mortise layout depends less on buying an elaborate marking kit than on making a few consistent references: a square shoulder […]

Choosing the Right Square for Timber Steps For laying out timber steps, a framing square is usually the better primary

A marking gauge draws a line at a fixed distance from a board’s edge. It is useful for laying out

Measuring a timber opening on site is not just a matter of finding the width and writing it down. Openings

A bevel gauge, also called a sliding bevel, transfers an angle from one timber piece to another. It does not

What you are transferring A compound angle has two slopes: one across the face of a board and another along

A tenon cheek is the side surface between the tenon’s shoulder and its end. Its length determines how far the

Marking the center of a dowel accurately is a small job with a large effect on the joint. If the

A timber shoulder is the vertical face at the end of a tenon, housed rail or other joint. Its line

A consistent timber lap joint depends on one dimension above all others: the depth of the lap. If that line