Paul Sellers

It's a seamless transition for a maker to slip through each of his days knowing the direction ahead and identifying every obstacle he knows he'll face long, long before he gets there. That carcase, in some ways, might be mistaken in its spelling where a word

When I cut the dovetail and sank the screw into the countersunk seating, I knew the joint settled tight that way would annoy some and not those that knew the reason behind the pull-power beyond the inventor-man's invention 2,500 years ago. This "father of mechanics"

My life working wood spans 60 years. It's a long time to have worked it six days a week and for longer working days than most: ten- to 12-hour days for much of my life was quite normal and often longer. The important thing is this ingredient: I

. . . for better health, strength and stamina. Wood works for health and welfare when your hands or on the right tools, and you use all of your own energy and skill in the doing of it. Of the sharpening of many edges there is no end and yet, every tool I

I sometimes wonder if they can understand smoothness on wood after the plane, fresh-sharpened, swipes away that last thin shaving to leave a surface they've never felt before. I'm talking about someone who only ever planed wood with a machine. The grain, sheer-cut, parted off, away

I've said it before, and I'll repeat myself here: sharpening woodworking edge tools is and always will be an abrasive issue. I have used every type of stone and grinder through my 60 years of woodworking. The choice of abrasives may well be a matter of