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How to Make a Jig for Adjusting Miter Saws

Turn a scrap piece of plywood into a jig that will make setting your miter gauge quick and easy. From WoodNet.net, here is how to make your own jig miter adjuster. Take a piece of plywood that’s around 8″ by 12″ and rip both sides to make them parallel. Cut...

Learn Something New for the New Year

Many Americans include “Learn something new” on their New Year’s Resolutions list. Well, we would like to suggest picking up woodworking as a new hobby in 2012. There is truly nothing more satisfying and fulfilling than building something with your own hands and ingenuity. Here at Schutte Lumber in...

Treat Yourself to Pumpkin Pine this Fall Season

We’re putting aside the pie to give our woodworking readers a real treat…a small slice of pumpkin pine history! According to Old House Journal, softwoods like pine were used for the earliest wood flooring in homes and were left untreated. Over time, this pine turned from a creamy white to...

Understanding the Science and Anatomy of Wood

Can you call yourself a wood scientist? Success in woodworking depends heavily on understanding the nature of wood, a once living material. Trees are living, breathing plants, meaning the wood that comes from them is made up of cells known as rays and vessels. These permeable components are what...

FSC Socially Responsible Forestry, Pt. 1

The FSC takes many factors into consideration before certifying any type of lumber with its seal. One such factor includes policies that are respectful toward the indigenous communities who inhabit the land where the lumber is being harvested. The FSC provides policy guidance that interprets the national and sub-national...

4 Wood Plant Stands To Build

Chances are you will be bringing your plants in from outside to prepare for the first frost. Build a plant stand to store, care for, and display plants inside during winter. Get ideas and plans for plant stands from Jim Barry’s Woodworkers Workshop, including single plant stands, tiered plant...

Explore Deck Railing Options

Deck railing options at Schutte Lumber include wood, composite, and pressure-treated wood railing. Wood Railing Western red cedar and exotic woods such as ipe are popular wood railing options Composite Railing Composite railing such as DuraLife (formerly CorrectDeck CX) is made of polypropylene and recovered hardwood fiber. Pressure-Treated Wood...