Many commercial gauges are missing excellent features found on traditional versions.

It takes five tools to enhance the design of any project with a carved fan. We show you the tools and tricks to get it right the first time.

Have modern glues and clamps rendered this ancient joinery technique obsolete? Absolutely not.

Different goals allowed period woodworkers to work quickly.

Traditional methods with a veneer hammer and hot hide glue.

Learn to build this tool that travels where no electric router can go. Two fences let you position the cutter and keep the bead’s quirk in line.

Honing guides are not a one-size-fits-all affair. We examine the weaknesses and strengths of four popular models.

The Westen backsaw has almost vanished. But a few toolmakers are trying to turn back the clock to when this saw was in every toolbox.

Nothing in handplaning is more frustrating than tear-out – which is when the wood rips up in small chunks instead of being sliced clean away. Over the years, I’ve collected solutions to eliminate it and found the following ones to be the most useful.

Back when the Shakers started making furniture in the late 18th century, the only tools available to them were powered by people. You can build these sturdy shelves using hand or power tools.