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eRenovate.com has received a lot of requests from Canadian homeowners for articles on Carpentry. We have a good collection currently and are adding more each week. Browse through the articles below or try our Ask eRenovate feature to speed up your search. Or if you have a specific home improvement question, try our Ask the Expert feature at the end of this page and you will get a personalized answer from our expert panel.
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Refinishing Woodwork
There’s a little-known fact about the beauty of stripped and refinished woodwork, and I discovered it the hard way starting with a blunder I committed in the spring of 1990. I’d just built and hung an insulated exterior red pine door and began applying a walnut-coloured outdoor varnish to it. I’d never used this product before and in my haste to get the job done I let impatience rule. Instead of testing the new finish on scrap wood (as I always tell other people to do), I went right to ....Full Article
Keywords: stripping woodwork, refinishing woodwork, patina, |
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Biscuit Joiners on the Job
When Swiss cabinetmaker Hermann Steiner invented the biscuit joiner back in 1955, he probably couldn’t imagine it would have so much to offer discerning homebuilders 50 years later. Popularity of this hand-held power tool has blossomed since the 1980s, after patent protection on Steiner’s concept expired. Biscuit joiners are now made by all major power tool manufacturers, revolutionizing the way wood is joined by fine woodworkers. What’s less well known is the way biscuit joinery can improve....Full Article
Keywords: biscuit joinery, biscuit joiner, power tool, woodworking, trim, trim frames, |
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Dress for Success - Milling wonderful wood using today’s best tools
Awesome wood is one of Canada’s greatest natural blessings, and the best of our lumber can be turned into stunning trim, built-in cabinets and beautiful furniture. Done right, these high-end features elevate a building project from ordinary to outstanding, though there’s a hitch. The hidden trick is learning to take wood as it leaves the lumberyard or small sawmill, then turn it into boards that are truly square, flat, crisp-edged and suitable for fine woodworking.....Full Article
Keywords: woodworking, woodworking tools, milling, jointer, jointing, |
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Incised Carving Adds Value
A friend of mine has been a college professor for more than 20 years, and during that time he’s made almost as much money buying and selling homes as he has teaching. The trick, he’ll tell you, is value enhancement.
He buys so-so houses, adds some life to them during his summer holidays, then sells at a big profit. It doesn’t seem to matter what the real estate market is doing, either. He makes money every time. Since so many homes are bland and lifeless, buyers get very excited when they see....Full Article
Keywords: woodworking, incised carving , chisels, |
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Site-Built Kitchen Cabinets
You don’t get something for nothing, and that’s especially true when it comes to homebuilding. While houses go up faster and better than ever, there’s a price to pay for this gain and it’s not entirely financial. If you’re not careful, your new home or reno can get pretty boring unless you add something beyond the same high-efficiency modular components everyone else is using. And kitchen cabinets are the best place to make a unique investment in the character of your project because the payoff ....Full Article
Keywords: custom cabinets, kitchen cabinets, woodworking, |
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| Carpentry
eRenovate.com has received a lot of requests from Canadian homeowners for articles on Carpentry. We have a good collection currently and are adding more each week. Browse through the articles below or try our Ask eRenovate feature to speed up your search. Or if you have a specific home improvement question, try our Ask the Expert feature at the end of this page and you will get a personalized answer from our expert panel.
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| Your search for 'Carpentry' produced 6 results |
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Refinishing Woodwork
There’s a little-known fact about the beauty of stripped and refinished woodwork, and I discovered it the hard way starting with a blunder I committed in the spring of 1990. I’d just built and hung an insulated exterior red pine door and began applying a walnut-coloured outdoor varnish to it. I’d never used this product before and in my haste to get the job done I let impatience rule. Instead of testing the new finish on scrap wood (as I always tell other people to do), I went right to ....Full Article
Keywords: stripping woodwork, refinishing woodwork, patina, |
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Biscuit Joiners on the Job
When Swiss cabinetmaker Hermann Steiner invented the biscuit joiner back in 1955, he probably couldn’t imagine it would have so much to offer discerning homebuilders 50 years later. Popularity of this hand-held power tool has blossomed since the 1980s, after patent protection on Steiner’s concept expired. Biscuit joiners are now made by all major power tool manufacturers, revolutionizing the way wood is joined by fine woodworkers. What’s less well known is the way biscuit joinery can improve....Full Article
Keywords: biscuit joinery, biscuit joiner, power tool, woodworking, trim, trim frames, |
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Dress for Success - Milling wonderful wood using today’s best tools
Awesome wood is one of Canada’s greatest natural blessings, and the best of our lumber can be turned into stunning trim, built-in cabinets and beautiful furniture. Done right, these high-end features elevate a building project from ordinary to outstanding, though there’s a hitch. The hidden trick is learning to take wood as it leaves the lumberyard or small sawmill, then turn it into boards that are truly square, flat, crisp-edged and suitable for fine woodworking.....Full Article
Keywords: woodworking, woodworking tools, milling, jointer, jointing, |
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Incised Carving Adds Value
A friend of mine has been a college professor for more than 20 years, and during that time he’s made almost as much money buying and selling homes as he has teaching. The trick, he’ll tell you, is value enhancement.
He buys so-so houses, adds some life to them during his summer holidays, then sells at a big profit. It doesn’t seem to matter what the real estate market is doing, either. He makes money every time. Since so many homes are bland and lifeless, buyers get very excited when they see....Full Article
Keywords: woodworking, incised carving , chisels, |
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Site-Built Kitchen Cabinets
You don’t get something for nothing, and that’s especially true when it comes to homebuilding. While houses go up faster and better than ever, there’s a price to pay for this gain and it’s not entirely financial. If you’re not careful, your new home or reno can get pretty boring unless you add something beyond the same high-efficiency modular components everyone else is using. And kitchen cabinets are the best place to make a unique investment in the character of your project because the payoff ....Full Article
Keywords: custom cabinets, kitchen cabinets, woodworking, |
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