r/woodworking is a subreddit with 6.2M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, woodworking, struggling, wood, and frustrating, and they frequently recommend/review table saw, miter saw, and chisel set.
Woodworking is your worldwide home for discussion of all things woodworking, carpentry, fine furniture, power tools, hand tools, and just about anything else about making - anything - from trees!
Popular Themes in r/woodworking
#1
Advice Requests
: "First Butcher’s Block, let me know what you think"
10 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Help? My router bits aren't perpendicular to the table"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Welp. This sucks"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "Stuck. Ideas"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/woodworking
#1
Looking For
35 posts
#2
Woodworking
30 posts
#3
Struggling
27 posts
#4
Wood
: "Sharpening WoodOwl Tri-Cut Auger Bit"
25 posts
#5
Frustrating
19 posts
#6
Woodworker
: "Bed Frame, stained Red Oak"
19 posts
#7
Websites
15 posts
#8
Finish
15 posts
#9
Hate
13 posts
#10
Router
: "Help? My Router bits aren't perpendicular to the table"
13 posts
Products Discussed in r/woodworking
Table Saw
189 reviews
#1
SawStop
5.0★ from 56 reviews
#2
Delta
4.3★ from 20 reviews
#3
Dewalt
4.6★ from 17 reviews
Miter Saw
178 reviews
#1
Dewalt
4.7★ from 53 reviews
#2
Bosch
4.7★ from 26 reviews
#3
Festool
4.7★ from 13 reviews
Chisel Set
116 reviews
#1
Narex
4.2★ from 54 reviews
#2
Two Cherries
4.4★ from 7 reviews
#3
Lie-Nielsen
4.5★ from 6 reviews
Flair Used in r/woodworking
#1
Project Submission
: "Box for my friends ashes"
81 posts
#2
General Discussion
: "MCMASTER-CARR wood has arrived, and it’s fine"
53 posts
#3
Power Tools
: "I found a 1/64" drill bit bin at work."
17 posts
#4
Help
: "I bought a bunch of dowels online that said they're birch, but this looks like bamboo to me. Am I wrong? (and how bad is it if it is bamboo instead of birch?)"
14 posts
#5
Techniques/Plans
: "Super proud of this no Festool Domino miter joint"
12 posts
#6
Shop Tour/Layout
: "The shop has come a long way in 5 years.."
8 posts
#7
Hand Tools
: "Underhill slick brought back from the grave"
6 posts
#8
Nature's Beauty
: "A little fellow (on the right) gets a new friend. Now they need proper names."
3 posts
#9
Repair
: "Rebuilding working geometry in a 19th-century Odesa door after blast damage"
2 posts
#10
Safety
: "Triggered my sawstop while unplugged"
1 post
Member Growth in r/woodworking
Yearly
+177k members(3.0%)
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Last updated: June 2, 2026