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Among the many entertaining and informative activities at the Woodworking in America: Hand Tools & Techniques conference was the Hand Tool Olympics, run by the Society of American Period [...]

When I told Christopher that I had finished making and painting my screen door, had hung it and added the hardware, he asked to see a picture. I didn’t have one. “No picture? [...]

Glen Huey is picking up a trailer tomorrow morning, then we’re loading the workbenches up for the trip to Valley Forge, Pa., for the Woodworking in America: Hand Tools & Techniques [...]

The “Gluebo” has been put through its workholding paces lately as I’ve been working on a 33″ x 84-1/2″ screen door for my house. I stayed after work on Friday to [...]

I’ve been (slowly) working on a mortise-and-tenon screen door for the front of my Victorian house; I wrote a few days ago about the construction. Late on Friday afternoon, I routed a [...]

Sometimes, great woodworking tools come in very small packages , and at a very small price. We just received a few samples of the “GripSharp,” a combination pencil grip and pencil [...]

Watch how easily and quickly our new LVL workbench breaks down (and goes back together) and take a close look at the various workholding accessories and how they work.

I made a wooden screen door to replace the nasty aluminum one on my house. Here’s how I did it. First, I measured my door opening, then added a 1/4″ or so to accommodate fitting the [...]

– What: A Backstage Pass to Whitewater Shaker Village and Freud Tools Demo – When: Saturday, Sept. 12. Freud demonstrations at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.; tours of Village throughout the [...]

Yes , it’s another post about my clothing purchases. Contain yourselves. I loved this skirt. I bought it when I was 16 or 17 , when I apparently thought “sexy” was an [...]

At last year’s Woodworking in America conference in Berea, Ky., the sessions that sold out the fastest were on saws and saw sharpening. So at this year’s Hand Tools and Techniques [...]

Adam Cherubini volunteers in the Pennsbury Manor Joyner’s Shop, demonstrating 18th-century hand tool techniques. (photo by Kari Hultman) Set aside a little time before or after the [...]