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Shoulder plane setup and use

November 2, 2020

Bob Van Dyke demonstrates how to properly use a shoulder plane: checking for square, honing the blade, inserting and adjusting the blade, and using the plane to adjust tenons, clean up rabbets, and refine moldings, among other tasks.
Video: How to Use a Spoon Mule for Greenwood Carving

October 30, 2020

If you're on the fence about whether you should add a mule to your split-rail shaving horse, watch just how well one works.
Video: Tune your tenons with a rabbet plane

October 29, 2020

While Mike Pekovich prefers a large shoulder plane to tune his joinery, he shows how the process can easily be done with a much more affordable vintage rabbet plane like the Stanley #78.
Hand-tool buyer’s guide

October 28, 2020

From combination squares to handsaws to bench chisels and waterstones, we survey the hand tools that got the best reviews in head-to-head tests over the past 20 years. Use these to compile your tool kit, and you won't go wrong.
Tool Review: Woodpeckers DelVe square

October 20, 2020

With its well-thought-out features and small size, the Woodpeckers DelVe square packs a big punch.
Tool Storage: Are you in or out?

October 13, 2020

Vic Tesolin likes to have his tools out in the open where he can see them, and more importantly use them.
Greenwood: What to look for in an adze

October 5, 2020

David Fisher explains how to choose, maintain, and use an adze to quickly hog away green wood and form pleasing curves, whether you are carving the inside of a bowl or shaping the crook of a spoon.
Spokeshave fundamentals

September 24, 2020

Chairmaker Peter Galbert takes you through the different types of spokeshave, how to tune them, where to use each type, and which ones he likes best.
Trust your eye

September 18, 2020

Bill Pavlak shows you a few simple ways you can train your eye to gauge small distances and simple spatial relationships.
Upholsterer’s tool kit or treasure chest?

September 4, 2020

While visiting a local tag sale, professional upholsterer Michael Mascelli came across one worker's complete upholstery tool kit from the early 20th century.

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