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This English-style workbench (shown in Peter Nicholson’s “Mechanic’s Companion” (1831)) is uncommon today, but it is still a sound bench because it allows you to perform [...]

Once you get serious about sharpening, two things happen. Your edges get keener but you get more confused about the “grits” used in the process. A #1,000-grit waterstone isn’t the...

I mentioned in a previous entry (“The End of L-Brackets“) that I’m working autonomously on an upcoming I Can Do That project, a canted wall box. And it was going...

The Barrister Bookcase article (April 2007, #161) is a homerun with more than a few readers. There’s going to be more bookcases than barristers when all is said and done....

On my recent trip to Northern California I not only saw some things I hadn’t seen before, I also had the opportunity to meet some fascinating people. One of these...

Twenty-three gauge headless pinners have come a long way in recent years, and we were glad to test the new Grex model P645L in the shop. The new edition is...

Not so long ago, obtaining sugar wasn’t easy. It’s difficult to believe that the commodity we have in almost everything today was scarce and highly valued in the early part...

This is the second part of Evolution of a Woodworker. (Don’t bother to look for the first of the series. Like every great trilogy should, I’m starting in the middle.)...

Lee Valley Tool’s latest plane is turning a lot of heads this week. Most people are amazed at its small size (3-3/16″ long), its premium features (an investment cast steel...

Japanese tool expert and merchant Harrelson Stanley spent a month late last fall trekking through the country in his motor home to teach his hand sharpening techniques and hold planing...

For those of you who aren’t aware of this acronym, ICDT stands for “I Can Do That” ,articles that teach readers how to build projects with a basic set of...

When it comes to finding better ways of working wood, it usually helps to look at the newest technology , and the oldest. Many of the challenges we face in...