Hand Tool Woodworking Instruction and Thoughts

We Don’t Need No Stinking Workbench

For my Hand Tool School members, my views on workbenches are probably burned into

Hobbyist woodworkers obsess over their shops. I think the pros do something similar

A few years ago, I took my newly made joinery bench to Woodworking in America as

I thoroughly enjoy the initial steps of a new project. I’m talking about the

WHACK! The maul hits the froe. CRACK, POP! The froe splits the wedge of Poplar and

Last weekend the buyer of my bandsaw came to pick it up. It was exciting to see

Go man, go But not like a yo-yo school boy Just play it cool, boy Real cool –“Cool”

Working in the wood shop at the Steppingstone Museum is a real treat. Each weekend