One of the best things about the internet is the tons of folks posting helpful information that teaches you how to do stuff. Here are our favorite how-to's, fabrication techniques and tool hacks from this year.

An anonymous artisan posted a helpful tutorial on how to create a Danish cord seating surface:

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Artist Cam Bergerman revealed his technique for making leather handle wraps without needing to stitch them together:

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A Dutch guy named Bas showed us how to make a simple, elegant DIY ruler stop:

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Woodworker Derek Jones Instagrammed his trick for how to integrate a pencil into a marking gauge:

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We learned the Japanese kigoroshi technique for getting joinery to fit together perfectly:

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The Wood Whisperer showed us how to easily create pillowed legs, no power tools necessary:

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Shannon Rogers walked us through how to apply Masterpiece Wood Finish:

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Broken Dremel tool? Here are fixes to three common Dremel problems:

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Cabinet installer Brian Way showed us how to hack any manufactured miter saw stand into a mobile work station:

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Air compressor too loud for you? Industrial designer Eric Strebel shows you how to build your own ultra-quiet unit:

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Lastly, another from Strebel, who ran down his 10 helpful tips and tricks for hacking a drill press into a much more versatile tool:

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