Hand Tools

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Add this to any table saw fence to make micro-adjustments easily

For hardened glue or old finish, a hardware-store chisel is hard to beat.

Luke Lyu shows off traditional Chinese planes and how he took inspiration to develop the design of Zen Wu planes.

The art of carving incised lettering is both a valuable skill for a professional woodworker and an instructive practice for beginners.

The Florida School of Woodwork puts these tools at every workbench. Kate Swann breaks down every hand tool to get started in woodworking.

Zuazo has built a range of furniture but feels most at home making boxes and embellishing them with marquetry or parquetry. The marquetry designs, created with natural and dyed veneers using the double-bevel technique, were inspired by urban photographs taken in Mexico by Guillermo Rodriguez.

Testing four options for making marks stand out on the darkest of woods.

The how, where, and what of hatchet hewing

Bill Pavlak provides four hand-tool approaches to classic molding.