Lixie Dead Blow Mallet
by Brendan Gaffney page 14 Well-fit joinery (not too loose, not too tight) and well-planned glue-ups rarely need much persuasion – but I am not always lucky enough to find myself with either of [...]
An Interview with Tom Fidgen
Woodworking author and instructor Tom Fidgen is the mastermind behind the Unplugged Woodshop web site, the online hand tool woodworking school An Unplugged Life, and author of two bestselling [...]
Laminate File: A Woodworking Hand Tool You Didn’t Know You Needed
Tool snobs beware: This post is about an inexpensive tool that is useful for woodworking and without an ounce of style or charm. In the cabinet industry, plastic laminate files are used for [...]
What Tools Do I Need to Start Woodworking?
Woodworking really is simple, despite all attempts to complicate it. Complications introduced by well-meaning folks can keep a beginner away from the enjoyable part: making things. One of the [...]
Stealing Away to the Shop
Wrapping up the last details on a piece I’ve been building for the April issue, I had a nice surprise last weekend: Stealing away a few minutes while my kids took a nap (or a least [...]
Two Cherries Skew Bevel Wood Chisels
Here's a great gift idea for the woodworker who has everything – skew chisels! Two Cherries bevel edge chisels with a skew cutting edge for hand controlled paring and other detailed work. The [...]
Christopher Schwarz DVD Combo Pack
Here's a great gift idea, at a 27 percent savings! Included in the DVD Combo Pack: "The Last Word On Sharpening," "Build an 18th-century Workbench," " [...]
Tag Team Secret for Graceful Curves
Even though I build a lot of straight line Arts & Crafts style furniture, one of my favorite tasks in woodworking is shaping an irregularly curved surface. It adds life and interest and I [...]
Make a ‘Cutting Grid’ to Saw Particleboard & Plywood
Precision cutting with a hand-held circular saw. by Nick Engler I’d like to know who it was that decided that plywood was best sold in 4-foot by 8-foot sheets. I’ve always thought that it was a [...]
‘Handplane Essentials’ – Now Available in Byte Size
After hours and hours and hours of work (please, some kind soul, send Vodka), I was finally able to get “Handplane Essentials,” by Christopher Schwarz, into a PDF format that plays [...]
Franklin Gottshall Practice Block Sketchup Model
This is a model of a small block of wood used to practice layout and joinery.
Building a Handmade Try Square
Jim Tolpin’s newest book, “The New Traditional Woodworker” teaches the reader how to work with hand tools by using them to build useful bench and shop tools. Each project builds [...]
