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General:

Ten Rules for Finish Carpentry A veteran builder and teacher shares the rules that shape his work, by Will Beemer

Baseboard

Cabinets

Building Face Frames For Custom Cabinets

Radius Cabinetry by Jim Chestnut: an excellent photo essay on building curved cabinets and doors

Ceilings

Perfecting Coffered Ceilings Use U-shaped ceiling supports instead of an elaborate framed grid — by Gary Katz

Leveling an Old Ceiling Steel studs attached to the sides of ceiling joists create a flat surface for new drywall — by Paul Fontana

Closets

Doors

Mortising a Hinge with a Chisel A step-by-step guide to laying out and cutting a mortise for a door hinge — by Tom O'Brien

Installing Hardwood Door Casing

Installing Custom Door Extension Jambs

Improving On The Original Window & Door Casing

Installing The Enhanced Window & Door Casing

Finishes

Fireplace

The Infamous Stacked Fireplace (Duplicate Overmantels & Historic Designs)

Fixtures

Building A Valance To Conceal A Fluorescent Light Fixture

Floors

Laminates

Molding & Trim

Making Trim With Returns

Shelves

Assembling A Book Shelf From Pre-Finished Components

Closet Shelving Layout

Installing Closet Shelving

Scribing Shelving

Stairs & Rails



Tools & Techniques

Flush-Sanded Plugs Fill Screw Holes

Bending Wood With Steamby Eric LUna

Walls

Classic Wainscoting As a decorative element, wainscoting adds warmth and character to a room-and it's fairly inexpensive to install, especially if you make your own. One of my favorite types of wainscoting is made from interlocking pieces of vertically laid tongue-and-groove pine.

Flawless Walls Skim-coat plaster is a cure for drywall's shortcomings — by Sam Singer

Cutting Drywall Marking and cutting in a single knife stroke and using a router to incise for electrical boxes make a tedious job faster and easier — by Pat Carrasco

A Common Problem With Casing - The Drywall Sticks Out

Fast and Accurate Wainscoting Layout

Windows

Installing Andersen Window Extension Jambs

Making Custom Extension Jambs For Andersen Windows

Installing Hardwood Window Casing

Improving On The Original Window & Door Casing

Installing The Enhanced Window & Door Casing

Forums

Finish Carpentry - JLC-Online Forums Gary Katz (moderator) has specialized in finish carpentry for over 20 years His projects range from new front doors to complete custom homes. Gary is a popular presenter at JLC-Live and the author of many articles and books on finish carpentry, including the recently published Finish Carpentry, and Door Hanger's Handbook.

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