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It looks like the folks in New Britain, Conn., want to get things right. After Stanley’s first generation of the No. 62 low-angle jack plane had some problems, including a fatal bed error [...]

  Small Tools Cabinet Download plans for this benchtop toolbox.   Build Your Own French Doors Learn how to build exterior French doors.     Outdoor Finish If you want the wood to [...]

As I started going deeper and deeper into details, I realized that for some details a reference source is really necessary. Carving the ears was such a case where I new I needed detailed images [...]

 In that woodshop of mine, there is a small metal toolbox.    Older than I am, I think it’s a “Kennedy”.    In this toolbox, there are quite a few old tools, mostly from the [...]

I don’t know why “wagon vises” have their name, but I know that I like them. Wagon vises don’t have the sagging problems that some tail vises have in their middle age, [...]

By David Thiel Page: 25 From the June 2005 issue #148 Buy this issue now Not having to decipher hash marks to determine where your miter saw is set to cut? Priceless. (Well, actually it’s $370.) [...]

A look into my hand tool world, just some of what I work with: about as basic as a hammer, chisel, and a plane Stanley block plane#110 See how many you can name here Marking gauge, an old one …

Just some of the toys I make do with My "big" drill press The "Frankensaw", two craftsman tablesaws were used to make this saw.    One a broke trunion saw, the [...]

THESE ARE THE BLOCKS WHICH ARE USED TO FIX THE PALLETS SLATS ON.  AS YOU SEE I HAVE DRILLED 6X 32 MM HOLES ALL AROUND. THE BALL AS ALWAYS IS 47 MM DIAMETER!! RADIAL CUT ALL ROUND THEN [...]

 ALL MADE FROM OFF CUTS OF MIXED TIMBER MAINLY MDF/ PLYWOOD/ PINE. OVER  2 YEARS TO MAKE WITH A FEW HOURS EACH WEEK. PLUS SOME UNLEADED  PAINT. .WINDOWS HAVE 1.5 MM PERSPEX GLASS. [...]

In the past, we’ve shown you a behind-the-scenes look at shooting the cover image for an issue of the magazine, and at the final read-through of what we refer to as “the binder” [...]

For many years, one of the best places to get user-grade handtools was from “The Porch,” the oldtools e-mail-based listserv (you can join here). The tools were generally sold by users [...]