To the uninitiated, woodworking can be a tough nut to crack. Even the most basic of projects assume a certain level of prior knowledge.
In order to create any of the projects in this magazine, you need to be able to follow the instructions and understand the intent of the author. And while for many readers that’s second nature, everyone’s a beginner at one point in time. A simple instruction like “joint the face and edge, then rip to 6" wide” is effectively a foreign language to someone who isn’t familiar with what that means.
So we’re introducing a new series that’s going to go back to basics, teaching common terminology and basic techniques that are the building blocks for a lifetime of woodworking. In this inaugural article, we’re going to tackle the anatomy of a board, and the types of common cuts
