Below are some questions and answers pertaining to lumber and best practices for solid wood machining operations, as submitted to Dr. Gene Wengert, the Wood Doctor. Q. We have been buying steamed ...

Editor’s note: This column was produced before Gene Wengert died in 2025. It is printed here in memoriam. Q We have small shop, and the person running the planer talks about planing, with rather than ...

Regardless of the woodworking project you’re tackling, your workpieces should be as flat and smooth as possible. A benchtop planer–a portable version of the industrial machine commonly found in ...