We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A proper woodworker's workshop is equipped with many essential woodworking power tools and implements to shape that lumber to your will. The ...

A tool invented before electricity still leaves a smoother finish than anything with a motor.

Whether you are shaving out the edges of a door or smoothing the side of a bookshelf, hand planers are vital tools to keep closeby for any woodworking project. Hand planers shape up slight ...

A chisel is one of the most utilitarian and oldest hand tools for woodworking. And a good wood chisel, in particular, has sharp beveled cutting edges, holds those edges well, sharpens easily, and ...

The Woodwright’s Guide: Working Wood with Wedge and Edge traces wood from tree to finished furniture — all using hand tools. More than 25 years ago, Roy Underhill adopted the word “woodwright” when he ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Woodworking is one of the oldest professions around, and a surprisingly exciting modern hobby. Plenty of people have found themselves sitting ...

The humble hand tool is often overlooked in favor of a powered alternative. Why reach for a ratchet and socket when you can ...

A system developed at Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) uses augmented reality (AR) to help make extremely precise timber cuts without having to measure or mark up beams.