/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 self-promotion, and the community frequently discusses looking for, woodworking, struggling, finish, and hate, 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
: "Advice needed: Free Hanging Air Scrubbers"
5 posts
#2
Self-Promotion
: "A Simple Table & Bench Set for Mom"
2 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Dustopper keeps collapsing buckets-three times now- no idea why. Been using this setup for a long time, this is a new problem. What's going on?"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "PC Desk Build"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/woodworking

#1

Looking For

37 posts
#2

Woodworking

29 posts
#3

Struggling

27 posts
#4

Finish

: "Newby: Mahogany Dashboard Finishing"
17 posts
#5

Hate

10 posts
#6

Tired

10 posts
#7

Hard

9 posts
#8

Wood

: "I carved a cat out of lime Wood!"
8 posts
#9

Table

: "A Simple Table & Bench Set for Mom"
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
: "I made a chair"
13 posts
#2
General Discussion
: "Zero drops leaked on first use on dough pail (staved bucket)"
13 posts
#3
Help
: "Wedges split, am I screwed?"
13 posts
#4
Power Tools
: "I think this might classify as one of those amazing marketplace finds"
5 posts
#5
Hand Tools
: "This Shop Made Grooving Plane Is A Joy To Use!"
5 posts
#6
Techniques/Plans
: "Need help figuring out how to make a straight cut/flatten"
5 posts
#7
Repair
: "Repairing carved ornaments from historic entrance doors in Odesa, Ukraine"
2 posts
#8
Finishing
: "Best way to sand this beveled lid?"
2 posts
#9
CNC/Laser Project
: "My first original CNC designed clock"
1 post
#10
Jigs
: "Router flattening?"
1 post

Member Growth in r/woodworking

Yearly
+137k members(2.3%)

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Last updated: October 16, 2026