I’m frequently amazed at what happens when I hand a sharp full-size handsaw to a fellow woodworker for a test drive. Nine times out of 10 they clamp something in...
At least once a week I’m asked if I prefer handplanes that have the iron’s bevel facing up (like in a block plane) or facing down (like in a traditional...
Sometimes the best woodworking books don’t have a single word of advice on how to cut a joint, build a cabinet or rub out a finish. Instead they are the...
One of my favorite woodworkers who has been exploring the Roubo bench with me is Robert Giovannetti of Crystal Lake, Illinois. He’s a hard-core woodworker, builds his own planes and...
Everything I know that is worth a darn was taught to me by someone else who knew their stuff , planing, sawing and all my machine skills came from other...
One of my favorite movies as a teen-ager had a scene where a 1940s-era G-man goes to a mystic for help in becoming a superhero. The G-man shows the mystic...
Two more volumes of Roubo’s masterwork on the woodworking trades have trickled into my hands. I’m still missing two volumes I really want, and I’m probably going to have to...
One of the themes coursing through the next issue of Woodworking Magazine is rethinking the role of nails in woodworking. And so I’ve been whacking a lot of cut nails...
These last few weeks I’ve been deep in another spate of chairmaking. If you’ve ever built a Windsor chair, you know that they are a great antidote to making cabinets....
With all the woodworking books and magazines out there, it’s a bit surprising that we need any more. But we do. Nearly every woodworking book and magazine that gets published...
