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It looks like the folks in New Britain, Conn., want to get things right. After Stanley’s first generation of the No. 62 low-angle jack plane had some problems, including a...

As I started going deeper and deeper into details, I realized that for some details a reference source is really necessary. Carving the ears was such a case where I...

 In that woodshop of mine, there is a small metal toolbox.    Older than I am, I think it’s a “Kennedy”.    In this toolbox, there are quite a few old tools,...

I don’t know why “wagon vises” have their name, but I know that I like them. Wagon vises don’t have the sagging problems that some tail vises have in their...

A look into my hand tool world, just some of what I work with: about as basic as a hammer, chisel, and a plane Stanley block plane#110 See how many...

Just some of the toys I make do with My "big" drill press The "Frankensaw", two craftsman tablesaws were used to make this saw.    One a broke trunion saw, the...

THESE ARE THE BLOCKS WHICH ARE USED TO FIX THE PALLETS SLATS ON.  AS YOU SEE I HAVE DRILLED 6X 32 MM HOLES ALL AROUND. THE BALL AS ALWAYS IS 47...

 ALL MADE FROM OFF CUTS OF MIXED TIMBER MAINLY MDF/ PLYWOOD/ PINE. OVER  2 YEARS TO MAKE WITH A FEW HOURS EACH WEEK. PLUS SOME UNLEADED  PAINT. .WINDOWS HAVE 1.5...

For many years, one of the best places to get user-grade handtools was from “The Porch,” the oldtools e-mail-based listserv (you can join here). The tools were generally sold by...

When i made that Floating top table, I had an extra 1x8x6'  pine board.  Needed a small project for this board.   I came up with a "chair' of sorts, called...

MADE FROM ODDS AND ENDS OF PINE OFFCUTS 3X2 PLUS TREE LIGHTS FROM THE POUND SHOP OR IN YOUR CASE THE DOLLAR OR 99 CENT SHOP. COST IN TOTAL 3...

To make that Reindeer: Basically, just four different kinds of parts, you'll need to make two of the front and back legs a body from that 1×6 Antlers, note the...