Firstly understand the wood, its structure and its limitations . This will help you select quality boards, process them, as well as correct many of the defects that a particular piece of wood may have. Keep in mind that wood – unlike plastics and metals – changes its dimensions with changes in humidity, but won't change in heat; it is a factor that affects your design, joinery, and many other aspects of building a piece of furniture. Learn how to read the grain in the board. This will help you determine the best direction to cut, plane, scrape, etc. Performing accurate marking and measuring is the major step for woodworking. If your marking and measuring are inaccurate, then you’re just wasting wood. Accurate marking and measuring requires accurate measuring tools. For furniture building, a tape measure and a cheap hardware store combination are not going to do what you need them to do. So spend the money on a good quality steel rule and a Starrett combination...
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