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It would be nigh-on impossible to find a house in the early modern* period that didn’t have  a “joynt stool,” “joyned table” or “joyned forme.” [...]

Gil Arad (pronounced as 'Geal') is an Israeli woodworker. He recently finished building a Japanese inspired single-panel screen made from cyprus, cedar, and [...]

If you ever want to try out a lot of different workbench designs before you settle on building one for your shop, you might want to take a class at Kelly Mehler’s School of Woodworking. During [...]

I’ve hauled my tool chest all over the United States and Canada, and I remain impressed – deeply impressed – by how it has handled all the miles. I’ve even dropped it from a height of 36” – fully [...]

THE CUBE STRIKES AGAIN ..IMPOSSIBLE CUBE MADE POSSIBLE …. ALL GOOD FUN TO MAKE YOUR EYES WATER….?????…

WHILE ON HOLIDAY RECENTLY I WENT TO A MUSEUM IN KESWICK THE LAKE DISTRICT. I TOOK 2 SAMPLES OF MY WORK THE SPANNER THROUGH PLYWOOD AND THE 2 PIECE TIMBER HOLE PUZZLE.  THE MUSEUM WERE AMAZED [...]

THESE EMPTY TUBES AND REELS CAN BE RECYCLED AND USED AGAIN ? HUNDREDS OF THESE ARE THROWN AWAY EVERY YEAR. THATS WHERE IDEAS COME TO MIND. AS TO THE KNOTS . THE LARGE REELS I HAVE DOUBLED UP AND [...]

 Awhile back, I had won a Diamond Edge #6c handplane.    It was kind of rusty, front knob was cracked, everything was in one piece, though..    However, when [...]

My Thos. Moser dining table will remain as built, if unused for the foreseeable future. Some weeks ago I was considering rebuilding it so it would fit in a much smaller dining space my wife and I [...]

A hole in my editorial schedule has afforded me the time to catch up on my honey-do list. Like you, being handy with woodworking tools exposes me to a host of home renovation/repair/remodelling [...]

My friend Chela loves chickens. She loves them so much that the first few weeks after they arrived (in the mail, if you can believe it) she hosted them in her bedroom. But then the chicks grew so [...]

ALL  TUBES DO COME IN HANDY ? WHY THROW AWAY ? DO YOU HAVE IDEAS FOR EMPTY TUBES????…