The Wedge Expanded

Sometimes an idea acts as an insert, a wedge, a pressure point such as the discussion of which tools to buy first. What’s best for you in your shop and what’s right for me in mine? There is of course no right answer. But it does force out the [...] Continue Reading…

Hand Tools

I’m happy to report that a whole bunch of hand tool makers are showing up at the Studio at the end of this week to show off their wares. It’s not fair of course that they’re doing this. We are such suckers for a pretty looking tool. It doesn’t [...] Continue Reading…

A Version of the Truth

Magazines pronounce that you too can have Stress Free Glue-ups! These headlines try to sell magazines. I am afraid however that with this style of trumpeting, woodworking magazines lump themselves more with the scandal rags of the grocery store aisles than with the journals of opinion found on the [...] Continue Reading…

Working with Our Hands

When I began this blog discourse, I did so without any grandiose ideas about influencing the great web dialogue, changing any small course of history or adding a bigger, more important ripple to the pond. There are a Babel of voices that make up this net. No I am [...] Continue Reading…