Woodworking Tricks You'll Actually Use // Helpful Woodworking Hints
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A woodworking tips and tricks video covering sanding techniques, pallet nail removal, drilling cleaner holes, wood glue usage, glue squeeze-out cleanup, crack repair methods, measuring in corners, and finding the center of a board.
From the video
Answers: What are some woodworking tips and tricks for sanding, drilling, gluing, and measuring?
- Wood sanding grits and sequence
- Cleaning sandpaper with abrasive blocks
- Removing nails from pallets using fire
- Drilling wood holes in reverse to prevent tear-out
- Using a backing board and guide block for drilling
- Mixing wood glue with sawdust for filler
- Gluing and cleaning up glue squeeze-out with a chisel
- Repairing wood cracks with glue and a shop vacuum
- Measuring distances in tight corners
- Finding the center of a board with a ruler
What it concludes
- Start sanding at 80 grit, move to 120 and 150, go up to 220 with a random orbit sander, and finish back at 150 by hand.
- Clean sandpaper with a hand sanding block to extend its lifespan.
- Clean off dust between every sanding grit to prevent swirl marks.
- Drill holes in reverse first to create a clean perimeter before drilling forward.
- Use a scrap piece of wood clamped over your workpiece as a guide block and backer plate when drilling to prevent blow-out and wandering.
- Mix finish with sawdust instead of glue and sawdust when making wood filler to avoid highlighted glue seams under stain or finish.
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