Tools

Meet planemaker Ron Brese, a diehard furniture builder who has started making infill handplanes using a unique construction method that lowers the lofty cost of these thoroughbred tools.

Though the new Stanley premium handplanes won’t hit stores for a month or more, the company has released these photos of the planes that are going to be used on...

The new line of premium Stanley planes should be available in January or February 2009, according to Stanley officials. The planes were originally planned for a November 2008 release, but...

The unveiling of two new Veritas block planes this week has thrilled some customers with their sleek design, and confused others. Is Veritas , a company historically focused on function...

The unveiling of two new Veritas block planes this week has thrilled some customers with their sleek design, and confused others. Is Veritas – a company historically focused on function [...]

If you are among those who are put off by the modern look of the new Veritas dovetail saw, take a look at the photo above. Using the power of...

This weekend I spent some time working with the new Veritas dovetail saw, which I first picked up at our Woodworking in America conference. The saw has a radical love-it-or-leave-it...

The new Veritas dovetail saw is half the price of premium Western saws and has a decidedly modern look. We take the tool for a test drive.

Several readers have asked what the differences are among the Kenyon saw that showed up at Woodworking in America, the Gramercy dovetail saw and the Lie-Nielsen dovetail saw. In what...

Good news for those of you who went wild with lust over liked the early Kenyon dovetail saw featured earlier this week. Saw maker Mike Wenzloff says he will manufacture...

During the Woodworking in America conference, I moderated a discussion on saws between toolmakers Mike Wenzloff, from Wenzloff & Sons, and Joel Moskowitz, from Tools for Working Wood. Both men...

As the Woodworking in America conference wound down on Sunday, I dashed out the door with Louis Bois to fetch a six pack of beer he had chilling in his...