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Mortise & Tenon – A Primer for Joinery [Educational Infographic]

On: July 5, 2019

In: Handtools, Joinery, Making Furniture, Woodworking

A Primer on Joinery - The Mortise & Tenon When making furniture or woodworking projects, you often need to get pieces of wood to join together. This can certainly be done with screws and glue, but a more time tested (and honored) method is to use Joinery. Joinery is the

How To Start a Furniture Business from Home (Guidebook)

By: Kate Swan

On: June 10, 2019

In: Making Furniture, Woodworking

5 Things You Need to Know BEFORE You Get Started Starting a furniture business from home, or from your home workshop, is a dream for thousands of woodworkers. At the Florida School of Woodwork, many of our woodworking students are already in the custom furniture business and operate from their

How Much Should You Charge for Custom Furniture (Calculator)

By: Kate Swan

On: May 24, 2019

In: Designing Furniture, Making Furniture, Woodworking

How Much Should You Charge for Your Custom Furniture One of the toughest things a custom furniture maker has to do is to put a price on their work. It's a bit of fine line. We are makers, and we like to make, but we need to do so profitably,

Lap Joint showing rabbets, rabbets, lap joint, joinery, woodworking, wood joints

Lap Joints – A Primer for Joinery [Educational Infographic]

By: Kate Swan

On: May 2, 2019

In: Handtools, Joinery, Making Furniture, Woodworking

A Primer on Joinery - When making furniture or woodworking projects, you often need to get pieces of wood to join together. This can certainly be done with screws and glue, but a more time tested (and honored) method is to use Joinery. Joinery is the process of making interlocking