You'll find a woodworker in a sticky situation if his glue won't stick. How do you choose the all-around best adhesive for the job at hand?

With all of the gluing products on the market today, choosing the right type for your needs, and using it correctly, can get tricky. For help, we turned to the WOOD® magazine staffers who design and build the projects featured in our publication.

Assembling cabinets, furniture, toys, and other woodworking projects means getting to know a variety of fasteners, from standard wood screws to brads and several types of adhesives. On these pages, you'll get acquainted with them all. For a simply dynamite chart on this subject, check out our

Nails rank among the oldest of fasteners. Today theyre one of the most widely used methods for joining wood and fastening things to it.