Woodworking
What Old Hand Tools Reveal About How Things Were Actually Made
I bought a hand plane at an estate sale a few years ago purely because it looked interesting, and it took me an embarrassingly...
Woodworking and tools writer
Otis builds furniture in a one car garage workshop and teaches a weekend joinery class on the side. He writes about wood the way he teaches it, slower than most guides and honest about the cuts that go wrong first.
Woodworking
I bought a hand plane at an estate sale a few years ago purely because it looked interesting, and it took me an embarrassingly...
Woodworking
A neighbor who runs a small farm noticed my chisels drying on a shelf after use, no oil, no real care beyond a quick wipe, and...
Woodworking
A student in my weekend joinery class once made a genuinely risky freehand cut close to a finished edge, pulled it off cleanly,...
Tools and Workspace
I watched my nephew play through a fast paced round with a friend last year, both of them calling out positions in short, exact...
Tools and Workspace
A friend starting out asked me last year for a list of every tool she needed before her first project, and I gave her a list of...
Tools and Workspace
My first serious craft setup lived in the corner of a shared living room for two years, and it took me roughly six months of...