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It's a strange phenomenon that I cannot always place. Jealousy and envy can be two close bed partners, of course they can, but then there is expert knowledge, insider knowledge and a range of levels between just disliking someone and all the way up to hatefulness. Challenging the

I went ahead and ground a chisel I own that I never grind on any kind of mechanical or electric grinder, never, ever hollow grind, and never grind to then sharpen with two bevels. I stopped doing that back in 1965 when I did it under instruction by a college

I'm a traditionalist in some ways and a modernist in others, but I constantly strive never to compromise my own integrity nor the integrity of my work. What do I mean by that? Well, integrity affects many things. Going for cheap-quality and low-grade plywood would compromise the longevity

I've been writing a few posts to steer those seeking hand tools as part of their home working that will lead them on a clear path of what is actually needed to get started and keep going. Hand tools are just as viable a means of achieving as

My newest project is nearly done and filmed and it's another 98% hand tool project and though I have used plywood it is also 98% woodworking too. A few weeks ago I put a plan into action that came to me many monthsd back. Premade manufactured sheet goods

Sometimes I think it is often more important to go back to something we might have inadvertently moved on from that once spoke more strongly to us than what we moved into later but somehow quite forget its core connection. My reason, and there was ony one, for becoming a

Many woods have surprised me through the years, even woods I have known and worked with on and off for 60 years. The assumption in the machining-wood world can easily be that all woods work the same way and give the same results. Pass a board into a machine and