A Vintage Spindle Threading Machine

We recently received a letter about and pictures of a vintage threading machine from a New York reader who asked if we knew anything about. We don’t – nor do any of my go-to sources. But [...]

Milk Paint Primer – No Cause for Panic

TNN Imagine, if you will, spending somewhere in the neighborhood of 45-50 hours working on a project that not only looks halfway decent, but is destined (or at least intended) to transform your [...]

‘Design for Tool-Chest Top’

From W.K.H., Chase City, Va. – Among the numerous plans presented in the columns of Carpentry and Building for tool chests, the fact seems to have been overlooked that the chests are often [...]

A Simple Gift

Last year just weeks prior to Christmas, I decided to make my mother a Pennsylvania spice box with an inlaid door. That was stupid. I got it done (thanks to Glen Huey’s inlay-by-router [...]

Thank You (& Now I Need Help)!

Overwhelmed by the many kind and encouraging responses to my new position, “I can no other answer make but thanks/And thanks, and ever thanks.” (And thanks, too, for an excellent [...]