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I’ve looked at a lot of old workbenches, and I’ve never seen many that exhibit signs of being flattened. I always look at toolmarks on the benches and what I typically find are [...]

January was a really busy month for me. It started with a trip to Williamsburg for the annual woodworking conference. For those of you who were unable to attend, I brought my good camera and took [...]

I’m taking a class called “What style is it? Furniture styles through the Ages”at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (www.philamuseum.org). It’s essentially an art history [...]

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When I need to work any recessed area , from a hinge mortise to a stopped groove to a dado , with precision, I like to use router planes. These joinery planes allow you to easily create or clean [...]

The “I Can Do That” manual has been updated with a new chapter on Material Selection, and with information on the latest tool in the kit , the circular saw. You can download the [...]

Moulding planes are some of the coolest planes in a toolkit. Each one is like a modern router, but without the dust, the roaring universal motor and a bit spinning at 20,000 rpm. Like all hand [...]

Barb Siddiqui lives in the Pacific Northwest. There are no woodworking guilds or clubs and very few suppliers of tools or material. She used to just work alone, but all that changed once she got [...]

A shop teacher grows and learns with his students.

A stint in the U.S. Navy would never have been survivable without the help of a new skill - carving.

In the cold waters of the Great Lakes, treasure hunters and commercial divers considered them a nuisance. Huge logs stuck in the mud, suspended underwater or resting on the bottom were [...]

My family's approach to passing on heirlooms can only be described as unique.