The Village Carpenter

Frugal and Old School. I've been called both by a certain partner who mocks me for wearing socks with holes and sneakers with soles wo...

I had hopes of making an adjustable, rather than fixed level, but after taking apart one of the antiques I bought , I see that I lack th...

According to Don Rosebrook's excellent resource book American Levels and their Makers , the first levels, which consisted of an A-frame ...

Many of you are familiar with Peter Follansbee who builds authentic reproduction 17 th century New England furniture and writes the blog J...

Enjoy! The Woodwright's Shop

I have lots of excuses for why I haven't built a workbench to replace my 4.5'-long shorty: too many good designs on the internet vie...

A friend posed this question on facebook recently: What advice would you give your 14 year-old self? I'd tell myself: Pay more attention...

Wood and met al go hand in hand. We're surrounded by the combination through the tools we use—try squares, handplanes , chisels, to name...