Woodworking Gift Ideas

Build the coolest car in the pinewood derby! In this ultimate design guide, Troy Thorne - woodworker, artist and derby-winning dad - shares his expert tips, techniques and amazing patterns so parents and scouts of any skill can build a jaw-dropping, prize-winning car that's quick out of the gate.

First timers and seasoned competitors can separate themselves from the rest of the pack with the speed secrets from an undefeated pinewood derby champ.

Woodworkers and carpenters will learn to solve virtually every geometry and layout problem with this handy guide to the steel square. Loaded with diagrams, practical advice and exercises.

15 beautiful birch projects featuring carved ornaments, turned bowls, bark baskets and more. Includes fascinating history and lore of the birch tree.

The mortise and tenon joint is the key to making sturdy chairs, tables, windows, and doors, and this instructional video illustrates how to make these joints precisely and quickly.

Master craftsman Jim Kingshoot brings viewers into his intimate workshop to illustrate how to set up, tune, and utilize the full range of planes, from jack planes and smooth planes to the popular Stanley-Bailey pattern plane and the finest Norris-style planes.

The hand plane is an essential part of the woodworker's toolbox that can add style and elegance to any project. This instructional video explains in detail how to successfully set up and use grooving, molding, shoulder, and miter planes, as well as fillisters and spokeshaves, among others.

Produced for woodworkers of all skill levels, this video guide is a bare wood-to-finished piece primer on the production of handcut dovetail joints — the hallmark of a fine woodworker's repertoire. Jim Kingshott makes it easy by welcoming viewers into his own workshop and passing on 50 years' worth of experience and knowledge about the tools and techniques used to create a sturdy and beautiful dovetail joint.

Take the mystery out of wood finishing with easy-to-follow exercises designed one of the nations premier wood finishing instructors.

Still the Undisputed Champion of Router How-to Books. Clear, comprehensive, and readable, it's packed with the techniques and tricks you’ll need to unleash your router's incredible potential.

Now it's easier than ever for woodworkers to get a perfect finish on every project. How and why every finish behaves the way it does.

Everything a woodworker needs to know at a glance. Loads of information about everything from joints to woods to tools in an easy-to-read, quick-to-find format. Perfect Sized stocking stuffer!

Build over 70 budget-friendly, hardworking storage projects including shelves, office and entertainment centers, bookcases, and more.