It's been one heck of a year, 2020. Aside from the obvious... I managed to seriously injure myself in my woodshop for the very first ti...

It's been an extremely productive lockdown here in mid-Michigan. Our Governor recently extended the stay at home order through April 30t...

My dad's corner in the shop: his Billy the Kid poster, Southern Comfort sign, and  the catcher's mitt he used when we played baseb...

First, let me say how incredibly thankful I am to all the healthcare professionals, front line emergency responders, and everyone else invol...

In Part 1 , I discussed the inspiration for and the first steps towards building a unique breast drill that I found in the classic ...

A couple of weeks ago, I finally had a chance to pick up Lost Art Press's version of "Woodworking in Estonia". Despite bei...

To Jamie Bacon: friend, craftsman, and raconteur It's very difficult for me to believe it but it will soon be five years since Jamie...

The chimney of Thomas Jefferson's joinery at Monticello. Photo by Zachary Dillinger. "We are not wiser, we are not better, we ...

Chatoyance is the fancy term for wood that shimmers and shines in the light. It is most prevalent in certain types of wood, especially heav...

My curly birch version of a c.1300 plane Last Thursday, the Viking Museum Instragram feed posted a picture of a truly exciting plane th...

I don't usually need anything more than a gauge line to work to for bringing a board to thickness but, on jobs that require abno...

As some of you know, I'm the proud owner of a full set of 18th century hollows and rounds made by Christopher Gabriel c.1770. These plan...