About
Woodworking Workshop
Written Guides for the Workshop
thewoodworkingpodcast.com is a workshop blog: choosing tools that earn their bench space, picking the right joint for the job, understanding wood movement, and finishing a project so it lasts.
To be straight about how the site works now: it's a curation effort, not a furniture shop documenting every build. The guidance here draws on tool manufacturer specifications, reference works on joinery and finishing, species data from sources like The Wood Database, and the collective experience of communities such as r/woodworking. When we quote a glue's open time, a species' Janka hardness, or a recommended blade, it comes from those references rather than a single workshop's logbook.
Woodworking involves sharp tools, dust, and finishes with real hazards. Follow your tools' and materials' safety instructions, wear the right protection, and treat manufacturer guidance as the final authority.
Provider identification and the responsible party: see Imprint.