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Router planes are the Starsky. Handsaws are the Hutch. These two tools work together all the time in my shop. In fact, all the sawing classes I teach are actually...

About a month ago, I posted about new tools coming from Delta (read it here). The machines released at that time were a new 18″ laser drill press, 20″ scroll...

AS YOU KNOW I KEEP ALL OFF CUTS OF TIMBER LARGE OR SMALL. AND MAKE PUZZLES /ILLUSIONS??THIS IS MADE USING THE BANDSAW.SIMPLE EASY TO DO.WASTE NOT WANT NOT. THIS IS...

THIS IS MADE FROM CLS TIMBER,AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT I HAVE HAD ORDER FOR 6. WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAPPEN MAYBE BREWERY MAY WANT MORE.!!THESE WHEN DONE WILL BE...

THE SLEEPER PICNIC TABLE. WITH THE TOOLS THAT YOU HAVE ,ROUTER-SKILL SAW- SANDER -JIG SAW.PLUS BASIC HAND TOOLS AND A BIT OF KNOW HOW.? YOU TOO CAN PRODUCE THIS FROM A...

I’ve been a “cabinetmaker” for many years. I’ve built furniture and boxes, done a little turning and there’s been a fair amount of carpentry over the years as well. But...

Following his trip to North Carolina to shoot two shows with Roy Underhill for “The Woodwright’s Shop” and a three-day teaching stint at Roy’s school, Chris took a few days...

I just read another post about a fellow who hurt himself on his table saw. I think it takes guts to report an injury like this on a wood working...

I’ve always been hesitant to get to know my personal heroes because it’s usually a disappointment. They almost always turn out to be just like the rest of us. A...

When I teach classes, I tell my students to buy their winding sticks in the “18th-century Tool Section” of their local home center. They look puzzled until I pull out...

On July 27, I posted a short entry about Thousand Cankers Disease (TCD), a twig beetle-born fungus that has been killing black walnut (Juglans nigra) trees in seven Western states....

The unassuming building in the photo above is typical of the architecture found in and around southeastern Pennsylvania such as in the city of West Chester. The fact that the...