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For those who asked, here are the details of the template I found in the red plastic box. The wood's mahogany and it seems to have worked fine for around eight decades, my guestimate is. It's a single piece, not laminated, but you could laminate it

In the bottom of a red plastic box lay the abandoned tools of people. My eye rested on a dark piece of wood with a narrow lip along it, so I lifted it from the rest and said to John, "A dovetail template!" I tumbled it between the

I think we undervalue crafts, now, together with their once-regarded significance in supporting all areas of life. in every quarter of our humanity. If indeed we ever really understood and valued crafts at all in the recent century and more is truly doubtful for most. Why do I say that?

This is a series of posts about my apprentice John Winter who is splitting his time between starting his own furniture business and editing some past booklets as well as the revised version of my Working Wood book. I will be telling you more about John as time goes on.

The rounded parts shine as a silvered smile wide-spread from the light shed evenly through the window. It seems to greet my own smile as I stop to take in the sight. I doubt whether others know it to be a remarkable thing for a wooden plane’s handle to

I know of a wooden plough plane that has been in use for a hundred years if not more, and has never rested from being used for ploughing and creating grooves in every kind of wood, with curvy shavings like springs of wood spilling from its throat. The man that