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Tips and Techniques for Taming Tearout
May 18, 2020

Don't let gnarly grain stand in your way. Gary Rogowski outlines his strategies for handplaning woods that are prone to tearout.
A Joiner’s Tool Kit
October 29, 2019

Peter Follansbee gives a glimpse into his hand-tool kit to show us what's there and why it's important.
Start Chip Carving
October 2, 2019

Daniel Clay demonstrates the Swiss method of chip carving
Workshop Tip: Use a Digital Angle Cube in Place of Winding Sticks
August 22, 2019

Digital angle cube resting on top of a handplane that spans the width of a board can be an effective way to judge milling progress.
Book Review: Joiner’s Work by Peter Follansbee
August 13, 2019

Joiner's Work by Peter Follansbee
Song of the Drawknife
August 9, 2019

Curtis Buchanan builds his "democratic chair" with the bare minimum of inexpensive tools and materials with surfaces directly from the drawknife, embellished with a bit of milk paint
Workshop Tip: Relief Cut Makes it Easy to Chop Out Dovetail Waste
June 13, 2019

The kerf left by a Western-style handsaw, located in the center of the dovetail waste, makes it easier to chop out between narrow pins.
Handplane Fundamentals: The Card Scraper
November 15, 2016

The card scraper is your first tool to grab to clean up any plane tracks or minor tearout left behind by your planes.
The Right Way to Sharpen a Card Scraper
October 23, 2012

The key is to turn a smaller hook to get better shavings.
Handplanes I Can’t Live Without
December 1, 2007

Do better work with these 8 vital hand tools.

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