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I was in my workshop in the USA when a man walked in, looked at me, looked at a cello I was making lying on its side on the bench and said,     "Geetar?"           I, in unbelief, replied politely...   ... "No sir, it's a cello."       His

Am I less of a realist if I choose life working as a craftsman and reject mass making methods, products, methods and materials? That’s what people, thankfully only a few occasional visitors, accuse me of. I have worked with my hands for almost five decades. Does that mean that

I managed a couple of hours sanity in the shop today and closed contented after transferring all of the Christmas presents to my car. The shop looked empty but I was glad to have accomplished everything. Shellac works especially well for tool chests and is easily repaired. I also got

Someone (not the first one) asked why I am using pine instead of a hardwood. The suggestion in the question is sometimes more like; “Why use a trash wood when you could use something decent?” I understand where they are coming from, but you know pine was at one time

The best plane for most people of a small stature, and I find this so for most women. new woodworkers, men not used to manual work and young woodworkers, is a #4 Stanley or Record plane. They are the lightest of all planes and they not only work, but they