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“Ye Cabinet-makers! Brave workers in wood,As you work for the ladies, your work must be goodAnd Joiners and Carpenters, far off and near,Stick close to your trades, and you’ve nothing...

You know that winter has arrived when every handsaw you pick up has loose sawnuts. This week I’ve been doing a bit of sawing to prepare to talk to the...

I’m getting better at focusing the toy EyeClops microscope camera I bought for $20. It takes a steady hand and a light touch. I’ve been looking at the edges of...

There are still some spots available in the class on handplanes that Thomas Lie-Nielsen and I are teaching in April at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking. This is the...

You can now watch the segment on Lie-Nielsen Toolworks on “The Martha Stewart Show” on the program’s web site. The 4:41 segment is surprisingly detailed and technical. And, of [...]

Alert reader Bengt Nilsson of Stockholm, Sweden, sent in this great photo of a joiner’s bench that was recovered from the Vasa , a Swedish battleship that sank on its...

Last year I got to tour one of the Lee Valley Tools warehouses in Ottawa, Ontario. No wait, don’t leave just yet. A Lee Valley warehouse is like the Willy...

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Last week I compared the Lie-Nielsen and Veritas small router planes and concluded that I really would like a Lie-Nielsen with a closed throat. So, of course, a reader showed...

The first time I saw a chisel plane was at an antique market in Kentucky. It was sitting out on a table with a bunch of common planes. Every person...

When I was researching historic workbenches, I tried like crazy to get my hands on a style of bench vise that (to my knowledge) isn’t made in this country anymore....

Though most of you will be watching anyway, set your TiVo to record the Martha Stewart show at 10 a.m. (EST) Thursday, Jan. 15. That’s because in addition to all...