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Perhaps the most interested toys that Itsik builds, are the cars, motorcycles, and trucks.             Few of them have a moving mechanism, such as a pivoting crane [...]

I visited Itsik's shop for two reasons: to see his creations and help him sharpen some old chisels he bought on the Israeli Craigslist-like website. Itsik does not own any diamond stones [...]

Reason No. 50 that I dislike chipbreakers: They can prevent your iron from retracting all the way into the mouth of the tool. Sometimes I think chipbreakers are a cruel joke on the woodworking [...]

In the Wednesday edition of The New York Times, the newspaper featured a bottle opener from Areaware (areaware.com) that is made from piece of wood, two magnets and a bent framing nail. Read the [...]

Memo Date: October 28, 2011 To: Steve Shanesy, publisher From: Christopher Schwarz, editor Re: New Revenue Sources for 2011 With the recent rejection of my new ideas for revenue for FY2011 (see [...]

I SAW THIS  AND ITS 15 FT HIGH.!! BUT SEE IT AND HOW DO YOU THINK ITS DONE..??? I WILL MAKE A SMALLER VERSION..AS YOU CAN NOT CARRY THAT AROUND TO SHOWCASE???? ON PAPER ITS EASY TO [...]

People gripe that the vintage tools and books I write about often go up in price after I post an entry. I actually think the effect is mild and temporary, except in two cases: Robert [...]

A few weekends ago, we held a “Build a Sawbench” class in our palatial Cincinnati shop (we wish), and managed to squeeze in 10 students around nine benches – one of them a wee bit [...]

Here’s a short trailer of the forthcoming DVD “Build a Sawbench with Christopher Schwarz” that will be released in a few weeks. If you pre-order the DVD, you’ll save $5 [...]

If there were a woodworking tool hall of fame, the Bridge City TS-2 try square would definitely be on display there. In my travels through shops all over the country I’ve seen this square [...]

Right in the thick of Woodworking in America – somewhere between duck fat fries and falling asleep in a puddle of what I hope was my drool – Mark Harrell of Bad Axe Tool Works put a saw down on [...]

The first time I saw a puzzle box was when one was sitting on Popular Woodworking Books Editor David Thiel’s desk. My first thought was, “Wow this is cool!” Shortly followed by, [...]