DIY L-Shaped Desk: Full Cut List + Free 3D Plans
Welded angle-iron frame, 90in x 30in blockboard top, three-drawer unit. Every measurement, the full cut list, and the SketchUp model free to download.
Wood Drilling
Spade Bit vs Auger Bit: Which One for Which Hole
An auger pulls itself through the wood and clears its own waste. A spade bit does neither. That single mechanical difference decides every other comparison.
How to Drill a Straight Hole Without a Drill Press
Your eye cannot judge vertical as well as it believes. The fix is never to try harder – it is to give the bit something physical to follow.
How to Drill at a 45-Degree Angle: Four Ways That Work
A drill bit will not start on a slope. Every method here is really a way of solving that first quarter-second.