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My father apprenticed as a carpenter in England in the forties, for a man that specialized in restoring cathedral pipe organs. When his mentor retired he purchased most of his…

  Normal 0 0 1 63 361 3 1 443 11.1282 0 0 0 This set of 50 years old sawhorses I inherited from my dad. At 23” tall they…

When I heard about this contest - I immed thought of only one tool I use to this day that I cherish dearly  passed down from my great grandfather - my Stanley…

Outstanding On Your Roof My favorite wall hanging tool is this hand forged, roofing tin, standing seam bender from the late 1800’s.This tool was placed over the edge of a…

Jewel of a tool   This is my hammer. I bought the loose head at a garage sale about 18 or 20 years ago, only because it looked interesting. This…

Here's my old Sears 12" bandsaw still working hard cutting tapered legs for Shaker-style tables. I make them four at a time so there are 16 legs in all with…

This pair of bench hooks gets a ton of use for cutting miters, square crosscuts and other random tasks with a handsaw or hand plane

This was a built in project I did for a client, my design to her specs.  The "hutch" replaces a fairly useless closet. She wanted bookcases on top and open…

The exterior insulation adds thermal efficiency.  Perhaps even more important, in our marine climate, our code (Portland, OR) then allows us to omit the interior vapor barrier, and we can…

A simple to make guide for marking you're reveals. Start with a 3" x 4" x 3/4" or 5/4" hardwood block, route or dado a 1/8" x 1/8" rabbit around…