Woodworker's Hardware

Let’s talk about polyurethane wood glues a little bit. Now, polyurethane wood glues are not the most popular glue on the market, but they can be pretty useful. They work great on dissimilar surfaces, for example if you want to glue a piece of ceramic to a piece of wood, that’s a good application. It’s completely waterproof, you can glue...

Franklin International, between 10-15 years ago began to manufacture Titebond III (F141), they call it the ultimate wood glue. Titebond III is completely waterproof, passing the Type 1 waterproof test. Now, what in the world does that mean to you? Well, what they do is they glue up a specimen, and then place it into boiling water for 4 hours. ...

A little word to say about, whatever these are. You have paper towels on one hand, you can buy them at any grocery store you want, and then rags; good old shop rags are whatever you got, t-shirts, cut up towels, all kinds of stuff you can use in your wood shop or wherever you are. This is a product...

Choosing the correct caulking, adhesive, or sealant applicator for you relies heavily on the thrust ratio, here's why.

If you are building new cabinets, I recommend using Blum Tandem SOFT-close drawer runners. The SOFT-close feature is integrated into the drawer runner and, in my opinion, this is the best under mount SOFT-close runner of this type on the market.   Many households today likely have cabinet drawers with a SELF-close feature as opposed to SOFT-close. A disadvantage of...

Years ago drawers in kitchen cabinets were seldom wider than 24 inches. Standard widths for drawers were from 12 to 24 inches. Now-a-days the trend is for wider drawers, much wider. The wider drawer is very practical because it provides more efficient storage of pots, pans and other large items. Wider drawers in garage cabinets is also more common today...

Call them whatever you want, cutting boards, bread boards or pastry boards, it doesn't make any difference, they are very useful in the kitchen. Years ago we were selling cutting boards that had a particle board interior with a 1" hardwood side rail on each side that could be trimmed and it had a very thick maple veneer on both surfaces...

Maybe you live in a rickety old house like I do and you have old cabinets that are still sound but with old worn out hinges and you want to replace the hinges only. Our house has 3/8” inset hinges that are self-closing and free-swinging. We have half inch overlay hinges that are single demountable and double demountable. We have...

People often ask what is the best way to clean my kitchen cabinet knobs and pulls. A mild soap and water is the best way, using harsh chemical and abrasive cleaners will actually remove the clear coat finish that will wreck your handles. This will often void any warranty as this is not the recommended way to clean cabinet hardware. ...

Have you ever seen a mix ratio cup like the type used for mixing paint? If you have then you have noticed all the numbers on the cup. When I was going to use one to mix paint the first time I nearly went into afib. I am better now. DiAnne (that’s my wife) told me to calm down and figure it...