/r/woodworking/

r/woodworking

6.2M members
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 finish, 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
: "Restore rusty old free jointer, or cut my losses and get a new one?"
6 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "We need your help"
2 posts

Popular Topics in r/woodworking

#1

Looking For

35 posts
#2

Woodworking

30 posts
#3

Struggling

27 posts
#4

Wood

: "Made an olive Wood gear shifter"
17 posts
#5

Finish

16 posts
#6

Hate

12 posts
#7

Tired

10 posts
#8

Hard

9 posts
#9

Table

: "I built my son a kitchenette for his second birthday"
7 posts
#10

Stain

6 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
: "Living room cabinet"
96 posts
#2
General Discussion
: "After 2+ years, I finally finished all 151 Gen 1 Pokemon as solid oak coasters"
48 posts
#3
Power Tools
: "Won this late model Delta Unisaw at an auction for $500. First coat of liquid gold."
13 posts
#4
Techniques/Plans
: "First ever dovetail attempt"
9 posts
#5
Hand Tools
: "Favorite part of a project"
8 posts
#6
Nature's Beauty
: "Cut and milled a black walnut"
7 posts
#7
Help
: "Experimented with kerf bending intending to make a simple double shelf. Accidentally mixed up radius and diameter and now the curve is way too big. Feels out of proportion for a shelf, is it salvageable as something else? (20" diameter, 15" shelves, 1.25x6" pine)"
7 posts
#8
Shop Tour/Layout
: "Full Woodshop in Retirement Home"
4 posts
#9
Finishing
: "Curly black walnut shark"
4 posts
#10
Repair
: "Getting better at fixing my mistakes!"
2 posts

Member Growth in r/woodworking

Yearly
+158k members(2.6%)

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Last updated: June 30, 2026