Tools

Wooden and metal spokeshaves on a brown surface
Techniques

Router Plane 101

Charles Mak covers the basics of the router plane, also nostalgically referred to as a Granny’s Tooth, a tool for

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Metal tool cooled in water with flames.
Techniques

Heat Treating Steel

In part one of a two-part series, guest editor Nic Westermann covers the basics of heat treating steel. I have

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Hands using a hand plane on wood
Techniques

The Beauty of Beads

Colin Sullivan digs deep into his collection for three tools to make furniture beads by hand The simple bead is

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Close-up of chisel carving wood.
Techniques

How to Sharpen Curved Blades

Nic Westermann shares his simple two-point approach to sharpening curved spoon blades and scorps. In my previous introductory article on

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