“It will be necessary that I teach them how to choose their tools that are made by Smiths, that they may use them more with ease and delight, and make...
While we were shooting the cover image for the next issue of Woodworking Magazine, our Photographer Al Parrish and Senior Editor Glen Huey came up with a great idea: Let’s...
Good news: The next issue of Woodworking Magazine goes on sale on July 24. The new issue will be bigger than the last seven issues , 48 pages instead of...
Good news: The next issue of Woodworking Magazine goes on sale on July 24. The new issue will be bigger than the last seven issues , 48 pages instead of...
John Economaki, the founder of Bridge City Tools, is coming to our shop on Thursday, June 7, to demonstrate some new tools from his company and discuss hand tools in...
One of the best and worst pieces of advice in woodworking goes something like this: Do the very best job that you possibly can. On the one hand, you get...
“I will not give away my hard-earned skills to a machine. It’s a bit like robbery with violence, for (machines are) not only intended to diminish my bank balance, but...
I’ve been involved in hundreds of professional photography shoots in my journalism career, and each one is ridiculous in its own way. Yesterday we shot the image for my forthcoming...
One of the side benefits of writing a book on workbenches is that I got to see hundreds of variations on the traditional designs, both in person and in old...
American furniture of the 18th century has always been something I’ve liked OK but I’ve never become a nut about, like Brussels sprouts, Cheney hammers and classical music. This week...
Today is “Blasphemy Friday.” I’m preparing the panels to start assembling this Gustav Stickley No. 802 sideboard and wondering if my project is going to self-destruct after a [...]
Mr. Peel was shaped exactly like one of the Fisher-Price Little People, he jangled his keys in his pockets nonstop and he had a reputation as a tyrannical shop teacher...
