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I don’t get to read much fiction anymore, but I do read old woodworking books almost every night (last night I finished the potboiler “Cabinet Construction” (1937) edited by the...

It isn’t often that a woodworking topic makes national news, but today’s USA Today carries just such a story. While not charting a specific course of government action, CPSC Chairman...

After a number of delays and revisions, Stanley has released its long-awaited line of 750 series of chisels for woodworking. One of the first sets arrived on my desk on Monday, and...

I’m just about the last hand-tool blogger/forum gadfly to write about the Knew Concepts fretsaws, which have recently made the evolutionary leap from the world of jewelers to that of...

One of the great controversies of modern times, right behind “what’s the best media to sharpen tools on?” and “why can’t/won’t somebody make great tools for [...]

In the first post on the this strange, but intriguing, wedding gift, I talked about the original legs and the found objects that I spotted in Purchase's wood department. In...

A few years ago my friend Robin gave me three wood & cast iron legs which used to be part of her grandmother's piano stool. Robin said to me: "Yoav,...

THESE I MADE OVER THE WEEKEND FOR A CUSTOMER WHO OWNS A GOLF AND SNOOKER CLUB.THESE I SAID WILL MAKE IDEAL THROPHY FOR WHOEVER GETS A HOLE IN ONE OR...

MADE FROM 3X2 CLS TIMBER TREATED WITH CLEAR WATERSEAL,THEN OILED.SPRING/SUMMER COMING IDEAL FOR YOUR GARDEN.TAKES ABOUT 5 HOURS TO MAKE.THE 4 CORNERS ARE HELD BY INSERTING A 1/2 INCH DOWEL...

Every week I get asked where to begin when trying to become a hand-tool woodworker. The snarky answer is, “I have no idea because I did it the wrong way.”...

… pitiable, wanting, shoddy and shabby. Well I guess she got the job. — Christopher Schwarz P.S. Paybacks stink. And thanks to Kari Hultman for the excellent pixel massage.

This week Megan Fitzpatrick, our managing editor, is in Washington, D.C., to allegedly visit her mother and fix stuff around her mom’s house. But this morning my boss, Steve Shanesy,...