[CarpentryFilter]: What is the best way to (re)attach legs to a table? [more inside]
posted by AAAAAThatsFiveAs on Aug 13, 2009 - 10 answers

How can I minimize creaking/cracking noises from my new IKEA STORÅ Loft Bed? [more inside]
posted by raygan on Aug 13, 2009 - 10 answers

Carpentry-Filter: Can you help me identify this butcher block style wood, and figure out how to best cut, sand, and finish it for my project? Pics inside. [more inside]
posted by wfrgms on Jul 24, 2009 - 13 answers

Help us design a simple outdoor bike shed combo. [more inside]
posted by El Curioso on May 28, 2009 - 7 answers

Looking for resources on carpentry. Online resources preferable but books OK. [more inside]
posted by Mave_80 on May 25, 2009 - 4 answers

I want to help my wife build a small market booth for selling her art. It needs to be about 4x4 feet in size. It also needs to be portable so that she can set it up on her own and fit it into the back of a station wagon. [more inside]
posted by diode on Apr 17, 2009 - 8 answers

Please help me learn some carpentry skills. [more inside]
posted by cascando on Mar 30, 2009 - 9 answers

How do I clamp a 3' long bookcase for gluing, without expensive long clamps? [more inside]
posted by condour75 on Mar 15, 2009 - 23 answers

How can I make my yurt time special? [more inside]
posted by ajarbaday on Mar 9, 2009 - 17 answers

Looking for a Post & Beam construction job in Asheville, NC. Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted by Glendale on Dec 16, 2008 - 1 answer

Can anyone recommend a reliable, affordable handy(wo)man in Brooklyn / NYC? [more inside]
posted by Dr. Wu on Dec 8, 2008 - 2 answers

HandymanFilter: Due to leaking water, a part of the particle board wall of a cabinet in my kitchen has crumbled and the hinge on the cabinet door has been separated from the cabinet wall, as seen in this photograph. [more inside]
posted by billtron on Nov 30, 2008 - 7 answers

Looking for plans to build a futon frame out of wood. [more inside]
posted by gzimmer on Oct 26, 2008 - 5 answers

How cheap is it to build a small house in the middle of the woods? Can someone with no carpentry skills do it? [more inside]
posted by history is a weapon on Sep 23, 2008 - 19 answers

I'm at the point where I'm about to apply varnish to a burled redwood table top. What's best to bring out the details of the burl? [more inside]
posted by sub-culture on Sep 3, 2008 - 5 answers

DIY Woodworking - The step for my kitchen door was totally rotted through, so I chiselled out all the bad wood. Now what? [more inside]
posted by boosh on Jun 23, 2008 - 14 answers

My daughter is beginning to learn to build furniture and has a particular interest in learning how to identify exotic and really any furniture-quality woods. She is a visual learner so pictures rather than wordy descriptions work best for her. [more inside]
posted by mumstheword on May 25, 2008 - 9 answers

What should the dimensions and surface of a DIY ping pong table be? [more inside]
posted by roofus on Feb 25, 2008 - 5 answers

CarpentryFilter: What kinds of books/resources are available to someone who wants to make a wooden carrying case? [more inside]
posted by adipocere on Feb 16, 2008 - 6 answers

I want to have some bookshelves made for my living room. Any recommendations for a Seattle-area carpenter or company to do the work? Also, can you identify a furniture style for me (links inside) so I can describe the shelves I want? [more inside]
posted by The corpse in the library on Feb 7, 2008 - 14 answers

What type of saw blade should I use to cut LDF (light density fiberboard?) [more inside]
posted by howling fantods on Jan 12, 2008 - 6 answers

What plywood is guaranteed to be straight and rigid? i.e., suitable for use in furniture construction? [more inside]
posted by robotdog on Jan 9, 2008 - 14 answers

At a flea market a while back I bought a pretty big (about 2'x4'x1.5") slice of burled redwood with the bark still attached. I'd like to turn this into a coffee table top, but it's warped. How do I straighten it? [more inside]
posted by sub-culture on Nov 20, 2007 - 15 answers

I'm finally doing something to make my bedroom liveable (and, hopefully, bring some sanity to my scattered life!): lofting my bed! Keeping guitars and bikes underneath! Cheap, affordable, and I can build it myself! One problem: I've got no carpentry experience... [more inside]
posted by entropone on Oct 18, 2007 - 18 answers

Another treehouse question. I'm almost done building mine, and I can't figure out why it's so wobbly. Take a look at photos & video, please, and let me know what I might do to make it more solid. No treehouse experience necessary, this is mostly carpentry 101. Degree of difficulty: I do not want any posts in the ground supporting the treehouse. I want all the support to be in the tree. [more inside]
posted by stupidsexyFlanders on Sep 3, 2007 - 16 answers

Websites or other sources with plans for a simple but solid treehouse . . . [more inside]
posted by fourcheesemac on Sep 2, 2007 - 4 answers

How bad is my roof? [more inside]
posted by Salvatorparadise on Aug 20, 2007 - 15 answers

Carpentry puzzle: Imagine that you have a wood-framed window opening (example). Exterior sheathing completely covers the frame. How exactly do you cut through the sheathing? [more inside]
posted by antipasta_explosion on Aug 10, 2007 - 19 answers

CarpentryFilter: What solutions, traditional or otherwise, might I use to fix a problem exposed points of wood screws? [more inside]
posted by chefscotticus on May 29, 2007 - 13 answers

Where can i find a good beginners carpentry or woodworking class in Los Angeles?
posted by cwarmy on May 24, 2007 - 4 answers

What summer job should I get in Austin, TX with this new mixed bag of construction and maintenance skills? And how on earth do I go about getting it? [more inside]
posted by nebulawindphone on May 24, 2007 - 2 answers

I'd like to learn carpentry in London - How do I go about that? [more inside]
posted by Happy Dave on May 10, 2007 - 4 answers

I am interested in building my own furniture. How do I get started? [more inside]
posted by amsterdam63 on Apr 9, 2007 - 14 answers

Anyone know of a reliable carpenter to make two built-in cabinets for a New York (Upper West Side) apartment? Thanks!
posted by walla on Mar 19, 2007 - 8 answers

How do I build a rack to store spools of thread? [more inside]
posted by 10ch on Nov 13, 2006 - 11 answers

I'm looking for a set of plans to build a round dining table. I've looked all over the internet, but can't find quite what I'm looking for. Should be your basic round table, 60 inches wide, with NO extension leaf or anything like that. [more inside]
posted by silverstatue on Sep 6, 2006 - 9 answers

Please help me block all light through my bedroom's sliding glass doors - without damaging them, violating my community's rules, or using anything ugly or smelly. Blinds and shutters aren't opaque enough. [more inside]
posted by amtho on Jul 27, 2006 - 20 answers

I want to build the ultimate indoor slide [for kids, not adults]... help me plan it out. [more inside]
posted by rubberfish on Jul 17, 2006 - 12 answers

I'm going to make the deck on my next longboard my self. What durable yet flexible material should I be using? [more inside]
posted by cheerleaders_to_your_funeral on Jun 17, 2006 - 3 answers

Constructing vegetable beds for a community garden: I have no idea what I'm doing. Can any carpenters out there give me feedback on the designs of our current beds (see more inside), insights into alternative and cheaper-to-construct designs, or point me to resources that will teach me a bit more about carpentry so I can figure this stuff out myself? [more inside]
posted by schroedinger on Mar 17, 2006 - 30 answers

I'm building a small DIY house. Where's my online community? [more inside]
posted by zek on Mar 8, 2006 - 8 answers

The side rails on our wooden bed frame attach by hooking into a metal plate screwed into a recess in the headboard. We didn't assemble things snugly enough when we first put the bed together and as a result one of the screws on the metal plate eventually levered out of the wood. How do we repair this? [more inside]
posted by Lazlo on Feb 19, 2006 - 9 answers

I want to learn some basic carpentry. Preferably through a class so I can get some hands on training. I know next to nothing about carpentry, never even had a shop class. Does anyone know of carpentry classes or schools in NY?
posted by bingwah on Jan 13, 2006 - 6 answers

Creative bathroom door suggestions? [more inside]
posted by drezdn on Jan 8, 2006 - 20 answers

Need furniture (wood) restoration tips I just made an unbelievable find in the trash on a sidewalk in manhattan (you wouldnt believe the things people throw out here). Its a solid wood restaurant butcher block table whch measures 24" X 24" X 10" thick! It weighs 85kilos / 190lbs !! I am really excited about restoring it. I have done some furniture restoration in the past but it always involved sanding the shit out of something until its bare again and refinishing it with a polyurethane or a stain of whatever flavor. In this case I think the butcher block has a lot of character (such as knife marks, dents and has also gotten a nice color from all the grease and oils it came into contact with) and I want to preserve that somehow. Its really dirty and kind of nasty at the moment. Can someone offer some suggestions about which solvents i can use to clean it thogroughly? I'm thinking denatured alcohol / mineral spirits but will that be tough enough to clean it?
posted by postergeist on Dec 28, 2005 - 11 answers

I had to kick down a door in my apartment since it was locked from the inside. I'm not handy; step-by-step instructions for repairing damage to the door and frame? [more inside]
posted by CaptApollo on Sep 23, 2005 - 7 answers

Framing: I'd like to build my own frames - clean lines, nice wood, etc - for matted photographs. I'm not entirely unhandy, but I don't know much about construction or carpentry. What's the best way to learn? What are the essential tools I should consider buying? Are there books or other resources that will help me with this? [more inside]
posted by aladfar on Sep 21, 2005 - 12 answers

How do I learn to build... stuff? Carpentry, woodworking and construction-like activities are foreign to me (I get scared hanging pictures on a wall), and I can't seem to find anything that talks down to my pea-size brain. Can anyone recommend activities and/or reading materials that will help me become handy around the house? [MI] [more inside]
posted by monkeystronghold on Feb 10, 2005 - 17 answers

I have a white wood desk I built that I put a piece of glass on top of (easy cleaning, really a work desk). It is rather boring and I'd like to possibly put one of those giant posters (or any poster really) underneath the glass, but make it look somewhat nice by "pasting it on". I have no clue what I'm doing. I believe the process is similar to wood mounting if what I've read about wood mounting is correct. I know nowhere to even start on this but was hoping it could be done simply for some instant pop-art. More inside. [more inside]
posted by geoff. on Jan 16, 2005 - 5 answers

Home Improvement: I have a door which isn't fitting into its frame. Basically, the top part is a little too tall, probably 1 cm or so. Is there a tool or method which will allow me to shave the top cm from the door?
posted by chaz on Jan 4, 2005 - 9 answers