Hand Tools - Page 23 of 125

The handle of Bessy's new F-style clamp, the GearKlamp, is on its metal rail, allowing you to use the tool in tight spaces. A series of plastic gears rotates the…

For extra grip while planing, against a stop, woodworkers have traditionally used toothed, metal hardware that bites into a board’s end grain. Conventional stops are either metal versions mortised into the…

With a good, sharp saw, resawing by hand is faster and easier than you may think.

A few key carving techniques handle every letter in the alphabet.

When arthritis started making it harder to tighten and loosen clamps, I bored a 3⁄8-in.-dia. hole through the wooden handle of every clamp I own. Now I just insert a…

Antique tool dealer Josh Clark shows you what to look for when buying old, rusty handsaws.

I use two different honing guides at a variety of angles. So I designed a continuous-distance jig that will set any guide to any angle. It relies on a simple…

Bill Pavlak relished the opportunity to revisit the process of dishing out a large surface by hand. Not only was this a special project in and of itself, it was also a chance to prove to himself that he had in fact learned a few things over the years.

Specialty plane helps cut a self-locking dovetail joint.

High-end coping saw is an impressive tool that does a great job on scrollwork, coping moldings, and removing waste while dovetailing