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Memo to Human Resources Re: Throwing Axes by the Dumpster Dear Sir or Madam, As an employee of F+W Media Inc., I applaud the recent addition of yoga mats and treadmills to our exercise room. The [...]

QUESTION: Although I am not in the woodworking trades, my son is. And last year I offered to pay his tuition at Peter Follansbee’s workshop in North Carolina on riven-oak wood boxes. I [...]

I’m embroiled in building a Roubo-style workbench using massive slabs and hand tools. Actually, I’m embroiled in my head. I’m in Maine this week on business and quite anxious to [...]

With a few hours to kill in Maine this afternoon I tool a long-overdue side trip to Liberty Tool Co. in Liberty, Maine. While the state of Maine in general has more than its share of vintage [...]

One of my first handplanes, a Stanley No. 5, had a shopmade tote that was all kinds of wrong. Wrong shape, wrong wood, wrongly made. So as soon as I could, I bought a replacement front knob and [...]

There are still some spots open in the woodworking classes I’m teaching this winter. If you’ve recently come into a little money (thank you First National Bank of the Plasma) and have [...]

Question: I was planning to make a. . .good, fast, cheap workbench, as I think Bob Key called his design some years ago: fir or pine legs and top, Record face vise, and. . .well, some sort of …

Question: Any news on the “premium” Stanley Chisels you reported on in 2008? I use a pair of Everlasts everyday on site and in the shop that were handed down from my uncle. There are [...]

“I know what you’re thinking, punk. You’re thinking, ‘Did he fire six shots or only five?’ Now to tell you the truth I forgot myself in all this excitement. But [...]

Roy Underhill has asked me to appear on “The Woodwright’s Shop” during the show’s upcoming 30th season. (Note to self: You can now stop squealing like a little girl.) [...]

If you’re parsimonious, tardy or just plain wary, then this post is for you. My book “Handplane Essentials” is now on sale for the first time since its release this summer. [...]

Question: After reading your latest article on the joinery bench, my son and I have agreed to build one for each of us to use in a room in the house away from the elements of an unheated or …