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 methods and ensuring precise measurements are crucial skills. In this guide, we’ll explore different cutting techniques and share valuable tips […]
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. Design like any skill responds to our time and attention, but progress often comes in fits and starts. I’ll be […]
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 his own user tools to a high level. Now the best part. Richard is now making his own version of […]
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) I wrote about earlier. For those of you excited about the English Woodworker and his upcoming lessons on making a […]