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2017 Best How-To’s, Fabrication Techniques and Tool Hacks

One of the best things about the internet is the tons of folks posting helpful information that teaches you how to do stuff. Here are our favorite how-to’s, fabrication techniques and tool hacks from this year.

An anonymous artisan posted a helpful tutorial on how to create a Danish cord seating surface:

Artist Cam Bergerman revealed his technique for making leather handle wraps without needing to stitch them together:

A Dutch guy named Bas showed us how to make a simple, elegant DIY ruler stop:

Woodworker Derek Jones Instagrammed his trick for how to integrate a pencil into a marking gauge:

We learned the Japanese kigoroshi technique for getting joinery to fit together perfectly:

The Wood Whisperer showed us how to easily create pillowed legs, no power tools necessary:

Shannon Rogers walked us through how to apply Masterpiece Wood Finish:

Broken Dremel tool? Here are fixes to three common Dremel problems:

Cabinet installer Brian Way showed us how to hack any manufactured miter saw stand into a mobile work station:

Air compressor too loud for you? Industrial designer Eric Strebel shows you how to build your own ultra-quiet unit:

Lastly, another from Strebel, who ran down his 10 helpful tips and tricks for hacking a drill press into a much more versatile tool: