Fine Woodworking

Hand Tools

Tongue-and-groove joints by hand

March 18, 2021

For the tongue-and-groove joint, there is only one hand-tool method that Megan Fitzpatrick teaches, and it takes a specialty plane: the No. 48 or No. 49.
7 things about hand-cut mortise-and-tenon joints

March 10, 2021

People think hand-tool woodworking is peaceful and quiet. That’s often true, but not when it comes to chopping mortises.
Keeping a tool chest organized

March 4, 2021

No matter the chest, keep tool spaces simple so it can evolve with your tools and interests.
Tool review: Veritas flush-cutting chisels

March 2, 2021

The Veritas flushing chisels have a long, flat blade with anangled, threaded insert for the replaceable handle.
Choosing Tools: How to Do More with Less

February 26, 2021

This basic set of tools is enough to get you started building projects right away.
Handplane sharpening and setting up – Ep 5

February 25, 2021

Rollie shows you his simple but effective method for sharpening a bench plane and then dials it in to get perfect shavings.
Three planes for cutting rabbets

February 24, 2021

Megan Fitzpatrick favors a straight rabbet plane, a shoulder plane, or a skew rabbet/moving fillister for this task.
Michael Fortune’s unconventional vises

February 23, 2021

His work is anything but traditional, so it’s no surprise that he also uses unconventional workholding tools.
Make a wooden pull plane

February 23, 2021

Vic Tesolin's wooden pull plane is not a Japanese plane, but his own version that cuts on the pull stroke instead of pushing like a standard western plane.
Gouges for green woodworking

February 20, 2021

Green woodworker David Fisher puts together a collection of his favorite gouges, suggesting which sizes are most useful and explaining what each is best used for.

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