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Woodworking classes always include a surprise. You can be pretty sure going in that it will be a good experience, but you can never predict what you’ll take away from...

My latest DVD, “Build an 18th-century Workbench” is now available for pre-order in our store at a 15-percent discount until June 30 , $21.24 plus shipping. As I was building...

Stanley recently introduced the new Rolling Workshop. The new Rolling Workshop (020586R) is a combination of three separate sections that work together to provide one functional storage solution. [...]

REMEMBER THE DAYS OF PAINTING BY NUMBERS.EACH NUMBER ON THE BOARD REPRESENTS A COLOUR.!! EASY TO DO AND YOU NEED NOT HAVE TO BE A  VAN GOUGH TO PAINT. DO IT...

THE WORLDS MOST FAMOUS LIGHTERS.THE ZIPPO!MOST OF YOU OWN A ZIPPO WHEATHER YOU SMOKE OR NOT.THEY ARE A LEGEND THESE ARE THE ABSOLOUTE  ICONS.!!! I GO ONE BETTER,WITH ALL MY...

SOLID TIMBER THROUGH A CIGARETTE.AMAZING WHAT CUSTOMERS ORDER.!!

Until we get some sets of these chisels in-house, there’s no way to answer all of our (or your) questions about these tools. However, thanks to Publisher Steve Shanesy, we...

This is by request. And for me this is like showing you my basement. Did you see the pawn shop’s basement in “Pulp Fiction?” It’s like that , but without...

In my pursuit to learn about period furniture and furniture making, I employ a controversial approach called experimental archeology. Experimental Archeology involves the recreation of past [...]

THESE ARE SOME OF MY ILLUSIONS/PUZZLES THAT HAVE BEEN ORDERED BY VARIOUS CUSTOMERS.SOME WEIRD SOME WONDERFUL.THE ARROW THROUGH WASHER BOTTOM LEFT HAND –THE COKE COLA CAN  SENT TO HEAD [...]

Stanley Toolworks unveiled three new hand tools today at a press conference in New York City , two different kinds of chisels and a shoulder plane. I couldn’t attend the...

THIS IS A 25 MM DIAMETER WASHER WITH A 4 MM HOLE IN MIDDLE SOLID MILD STEEL. THE WOODEN ARROW IS 54 MM  INCH LONG THE ENDS ARE 12 MM EACH...