Hand Tools

The best pencils for marking on dark wood
April 4, 2025

Testing four options for making marks stand out on the darkest of woods.
Throwback: Hewing with a Hatchet
February 27, 2025

The how, where, and what of hatchet hewing
Four Hand-Tool Approaches to Side Beads
February 20, 2025

Bill Pavlak provides four hand-tool approaches to classic molding.
Layout kit for dovetails
February 20, 2025

Mike Pekovich shares his tools of the trade for dovetail layout.
Chris Schwarz’s Coffer Chest
February 19, 2025

Cut the joinery for this Carpathian chest with a single hand plane.
Setting Up Taylor Toolworks Bench Planes
January 8, 2025

Yoav Liberman offers guidance on fine-tuning these planes into formidable shaving tools.
The art and craft of infill planes
December 20, 2024

Konrad Sauer's frustration with his hand planes started him on a journey that led to his discovery of infill planes.
Review: Ironbark Adjustable Squares
November 8, 2024

Ironbark's adjustable try and miter squares come in a variety of sizes.
Make dowels with a drill gauge
November 5, 2024

Make your own set of dowels and pins by hammering a slightly oversize workpiece through a drill gauge.
Asian Fusion Handplane
November 4, 2024

Myko had an idea for a plane melding two traditions and decided it was worth the time and effort to experiment.

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