Using Hand Tools

with Garrett Hack

FWW contributing editor Garrett Hack shows two ways that this venerable but often-overlooked handtool can help you work faster.

with David Finck

This combo produces dead-on accuracy for squaring, mitering, or trimming parts to exact lengths.

with Philip C. Lowe

In the first of our 8-question series on handplanes, Philip C. Lowe, the award-winning furniture-maker and teacher, discusses the basic planes for any shop

with Bob Van Dyke

Smart techniques for using this essential smoothing tool

with Philip C. Lowe

In the fourth of our 8-question series on handplanes, an award-winning furniture-maker and teacher discusses how to repair a damaged sole

with Philip C. Lowe

In the fifth of our 8-question series on handplanes, an award-winning furniture-maker and teacher discusses setting the blade for the most effective cutting

with Philip C. Lowe

In the last of our 8-question series on handplanes, an award-winning furniture-maker and teacher shows how to level a wide board by hand

with Philip C. Lowe

In the third of our 8-question series on handplanes, an award-winning furniture-maker and teacher discusses blade angles and sharpening

with Philip C. Lowe

Learn how to use a handplane to smooth highly figured woods in the sixth of our 8-question series on handplanes

with Philip C. Lowe

In the seventh of our 8-question series on handplanes, an award-winning furniture-maker and teacher explains how to prevent a scraper plane from chattering

with Philip C. Lowe

In the second of our series, an award-winning furniture-maker shows how to buy, sharpen, and use antique molding planes

with Gary Rogowski

Learn how to clean up a round tabletop edge with a spokeshave and apply a chamfer on the router table

with Garrett Hack

Review the basics of chopping and paring with a chisel in the last of our 10-question series on choosing and using chisels

with Mack S. Headley, Jr.

Handsaws of all shapes and sizes were used to cut curves and rough shape furniture parts in the 18th century

with Mack S. Headley, Jr.

18th century craftsmen used an array of hand planes to plow grooves and dadoes, and profile edges