feed

Mastering Precision in Woodworking: A Guide to Cutting Techniques and Accurate Measurements

Woodworking is an art that demands precision and attention to detail, especially when it comes to cutting materials for projects. Whether you're a seasoned woodworker or a high school student just starting, mastering various cutting...
Read More...

Give Your Design Skills a Boost

Dividers sketch by David Fisher. Every woodworker I know wants to get better at design. Yet it’s hard to carve out time to devote to it. Perhaps it’s because most of us go it alone....
Read More...

Cheap Tricks at WIA

Study of a burl mallet by Barb Walker One of the perks of being married to an artist is that we share a lot about design and the creative life. Barb’s always introducing me to...
Read More...

Two handled perfection

Richard Grell knows drawknives. He’s been building Windsor chairs for a living more than forty years. That’s a forest of trees sculpted into an armada of chairs. Along the way he’s tweaked and refined...
Read More...

Abracadabra, Make your own water

It’s not quite as magical as making your own water but it’s pretty close. Our latest book “From Truth to Tools” explores how artisan geometry was the flame that ignited the ancient builders imagination. And no...
Read More...

European Beech is another story

The fine folks at Horizon Wood Products in Western Pennsylvania are making available Beech blanks for making bench planes. This quarter sawn 16/4 material is European Beech (Fagus Sylvatica), not the American Beech (Fagus Grandifolia)...
Read More...

Fine Woodworking Gallery submissions

In each issue of Fine Woodworking we publish close to a dozen photos of furniture and woodwork in our Gallery, celebrating the work of our readers. To have your work…
Read More...