These three basic woodworking joints — including dowel joints, biscuit joints, and pocket screws — bring beginner wood projects together. If you’ve got a vision for building your own furniture, ...

Because standards are intentionally conservative for most projects, but new design methods are changing, project-specific design optimization is required to provide safe, cost-effective, and ...

Wooden dowels too often seem like one of those things that stacks up around the house or workshop -- you buy some for a project, you use what you need, and then you have leftovers that have no ...

The method of retrofitting load transfer devices across transverse joints and cracks in concrete pavement has been used successfully on thousands of (lane) miles in the United States with more than ...

If you’ve ever used dowels for joinery, then you know they make a good, strong joint. You might have noticed that some are “fluted” — they have grooves down the sides. This gives the glue more surface ...

Many broken wooden joints can be repaired with a wooden dowel. If you don’t have a wooden dowel, try using a wooden golf tee. Just drill a hole the same width as the dowel into the joint. Use wood ...