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• 4 Must-Have Handsaws

  by Matt Kenney

  If you are not regularly using handsaws in your shop, you may be missing out on the best tool for a number of jobs. There's nothing better for crosscutting delicate ...

• The Woodwright's Favorite Tools

  by Roy Underhill

  Roy Underhill, aka The Woodwright, has a big, quirky collection of hand tools. These are his favorites -- the ones he says he'd be buried with: holdfast, scrub ...

• Q & A: Reset and Sharpen Teeth to Correct Handsaw Drift

  by Garrett Hack

• Tip: Depth Stop for a Dovetail Saw

  by Olliver Ransome

• High-End Hand-Tool Sales Surge

  by Gina Eide

  A small band of boutique toolmakers experiences exponential growth fueled, in part, by the Internet

• Reproduction Backsaws Cut Flawlessly

  by Chris Gochnour

  A new line of saws patterned after a set by renowned maker John Kenyon

• Lie-Nielsen at 25

  by Tom Begnal

  Tom Lie-Nielsen started his business in 1981, making a single model of bronze edge-plane on his kitchen table. Today, some 70 employees at Lie-Nielsen Toolworks ...

• Lie-Nielsen: Unplugged

  by Tom Begnal

  Hand tool scion Tom Lie-Nielsen talks about the evolution of his company in a one-on-one interview

• Japanese-Style Dovetail Saws

  by Charles Durfee

  Charles Durfee tests and evaluates a range of Japanese-style dovetail saws, also known as dozukis. In the process, he examines the four types of tooth pattern available ...

• Dovetail Saws

  by Chris Gochnour

  It's hard to beat hand-cut dovetails for adding beauty, strength, and detail to a project. But mastering the dovetail saw requires perseverance, and it's important ...

• The Humble Coping Saw Comes in Handy for Many Tasks

  by Michael Dunbar

  A coping saw has plenty of uses in the shop: cutting coped joints for molding, cutting curved parts for furniture, cutting interior shapes, trimming the waste from ...

• Antique Tool Auction: The Granddad of All Sales

  by Garrett Hack

  When he’s not making furniture, Garrett Hack is scouring flea markets and auctions and writing books on antique tools. In this article, he describes his experience ...

• Essential Tools

  by Michael Dunbar

  Michael Dunbar explains what tools a novice woodworker should purchase first and how to evaluate them. If he had it to do over again, he’d start off by getting ...

• The Backsaw Makes a Comeback

  by Zachary Gaulkin

  With its swaged metal spine, a backsaw can carry the thinnest of blades, allowing it to slice wood with minimum waste and maximum control, writes Zachary Gaulkin. ...

• Choosing and Using Japanese Handsaws

  by Toshio Odate

  Sculptor and woodworker Toshio Odate describes general-purpose and specialized Japanese saws that are useful to cabinetmakers. He also explains how to cut with ...