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If you ordered the book “Elementary Turning” from ShopWoodworking.com, it will be slightly delayed. While we thought the book would be on its way to you today, it’s going to...

Clenching a nail – sometimes spelled “clinching” – is an essential traditional woodworking skill. But until you are clenching like a pro, there are some baby steps you can take....

I dislike using other people’s tools when I travel. And I dislike it when all my tools fall tips-first into the concrete. Oh, and I also dislike all of the...

Installing traditional mortise hinges makes some woodworkers want to turn their electric drill on themselves to just end it all. While practice is the best teacher, there are little tricks...

Drawings of early shops can teach us and mislead us about pre-Industrial woodworking. But I don’t want to get into a debate about how artists interpret or misinterpret a scene....

I got some more information on the nice early American workbench I wrote about on Tuesday (click here to read that article) from Lee Richmond, who runs The Best Things...

If you are curious about or struggle with moulding planes, planemaker M.S. Bickford has recently launched a new blog that will open your eyes: Musings from Big Pink. Using SketchUp...

You’ve heard me rant and rave about French, English and Scandinavian workbenches since the day this blog was launched. But what about American benches? Is there even such a thing?...

A few weeks ago I was reading through “The Rule Book,” an amazing piece of scholarship on measuring tools by Jane Rees and Mark Rees. A few of the minty,...

My woodworking library is the backbone of the work I do in the shop. My books on furniture design train my eye to appreciate (and perhaps to draw) well-proportioned pieces....

Mark your calendars and start saving your pennies. The 2011 Woodworking in America event will be Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, 2011, in Covington, Ky., at the same facility we...

My brad points, which I bought at Manny’s. I still use them all the time. In 1993, I had just finished graduate school, had been accepted to law school and...