
Making a Bench Hook
In the 1970s, I attended what was then called a building school, and learned all the finer points of woodworking

In the 1970s, I attended what was then called a building school, and learned all the finer points of woodworking

Rob Porcaro shares some handy tips for tuning your jointer. Jointer parallelism After writing blog posts on jointer-planer combination machines,

Steve Bisco looks at the man and the book that transformed 18th-century cabinetmaking and carved ornament. This year sees the

Charles Mak shares some of his beading techniques while adding an ornamental detail to his new tool rack. We woodworkers

Over the years my off-the-shelf bench gradually had more and more bits screwed and bolted to it to try to

Chris Grace cuts to the chase with some safe and useful advice on using a chopsaw. The chopsaw or compound

Gary Marshall shows us how to make a traditional temporary woodsman’s working shelter – ‘a rustic bodger’s lash-up’ in his

Peter Wood archly weaves his willowy way through another satisfying technique. In this article I will be describing one way