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Woodworking by hand is purely sensory. I read someone who said he bought chisels in and used them as his "beaters". Shameful! Such careless statements sadden me because though I know what people mean and where they're coming from, it's a highly disrespectful way

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends in the USA!                                                                                Miss Y'all!

I've gathered some tools to my bosom over the years. Special ones in some cases, some simply beautiful in art form and then those that will never be made again. Some are more rare than good looking or even particularly old. I do like the rarer ones though.

"You have never been able to resist taking an otherwise useless hand tool and making it work, nor a vise or any other piece of woodworking equipment." Rusted scissors are lifted from the bottom of an old basket in a junk shop and the name searched out with

It's the strangest thing. As far as I know I've never advocated that people not use machines, except perhaps in the odd situation where it was unnecessary and it might have stunted their growth in mastering a skill. Something like that. Neither have I ever said

I have put out an introduction to bandsaws video to help people who might seriously consider using a bandsaw. The reason is probably obvious but I have used one for five decades now and feel that owning will be helpful to others for a variety of reasons. I know it&

There are good but perhaps somewhat hidden reasons that we use stepped housing dadoes that may or may not be obvious, especially not to a new woodworker. Actually, many seasoned woodworkers are more likely not to know than know. There are three types used mostly and then variations on the