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The differences between an inexpensive tool and one that’s high-quality is obviously more than just price.

Take back saws for instance. The back of the saw, the blade, and the handle all affect how well the saw is going to cut and whether a saw gets used every day or simply hangs on a wall, collecting dust.

In “Tools of the Trade”, the editors of Woodsmith magazine take a look at some of the new saws on the market. You can read more about what they had to say here: Western Back Saws.

Do you like to watch woodworking shows on your television?

How about on your computer?

Now you can do both. And I’m not talking about the “the Green Button.” I’m talking about internet television at the “The Woodworking Channel,” an online web site billing itself as The World’s Workshop. Read the rest of this article »

I chose the ladderback chairmaking class at John C. Campbell Folk School for a couple of reasons. First of all the timing was right. I needed to use up carry-over vacation days before June 1st. Secondly, I needed to get out of the cabinet shop, where it’s often over 100° during the summer… Read the rest of this article »

“Whoa, ya lop-eared galoot …..” Yosemite Sam

How exactly did this flame-haired, mustachioed Looney Toons outlaw come to be associated with hand tool aficianado’s? That’s a mystery I’m not sure I want to know the answer to! Read the rest of this article »

Neanderthals. Galoots. Whatever you call them, they sure are serious about woodworking with hand tools.

Roy Underhill is their God … a Lie-Nielsen Toolworks catalog their Holy Book … shops without electricity their Shangri-La … and making paper-thin shavings with a hand plane their Nirvana.

Here’s this week’s best Woodworking Hand Tools thread.

There was a time when any meaningful discussion about which cabinet-style table saw one should buy was limited largely to comparing the relative merits of the Powermatic 66 to the Delta Unisaw. But that’s certainly not the case anymore.
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Day One — Dead Head to Kentucky

Day Two — Berea

Day Three — Asheville

I wanted to revisit my stop in Berea. I mentioned visiting Warren A. May’s storefront on the “Square” in Berea. Warren says he has built over 1300 Mountain Dulcimers. While I was there, Warren strummed the dulcimer… Read the rest of this article »

Woodworking schools are just like any other business, you have to find your niche and provide a service that is unique, educational, and hopefully, entertaining. You want the students to come back. That doesn’t seem to be a problem at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. Read the rest of this article »