TOOL BUYING GUIDES
See Joshua’s lists of recommended traditional woodworking hand tools.
WOODWORKING TOURS
Watch video tours of traditional workshops and other fascinating places.
WOOD JOINERY
Learn how to cut joints, like dovetails and mortise & tenon by hand.
HAND TOOL SKILLS
Learn various hand took woodworking skills.
- Intro to Buying Woodworking Hand Tools (Beginner set of 20 Hand Tools)
- #1 Buying Guide: Workbench & Tool Storage
- #2 Buying Guide: Layout, Marking, & Measuring Tools
- #3 Buying Guide: Handplanes
- #4 Buying Guide: Handsaws
- #5 Buying Guide: Chisels
- #6 Buying Guide: Sharpening & Honing Supplies
- #7 Buying Guide: Mallets & Hammers
- #8 Buying Guide: Hand Drills, Braces, & Bits
- #9 Buying Guide: Tools for Curved Work
- #10 Buying Guide: Tools for Green Woodworking
- #11 Buying Guide: Woodworking Clamps, Gluing & Fasteners
- #12 Buying Guide: Tools for Wood Carving
- #13 Buying Guide: Products for Wood Finishing, Sanding & Scraping
- #14 Buying Guide: Wood Turning Tools & Lathes
- Intro to Buying Woodworking Power Tools
- #1: Buying a Bandsaw & Accessories
- #2: Buying a Drill Press
- #3: Buying a Power Jointer
- #4: Buying a Thickness Planer
- #5: Buying a Table Saw & Accessories
- #6: Buying a Dust Collection System
- #7: Buying a Hollow Chisel Mortiser
- #8: Buying a Power Router, Router Bits & Accessories
- #9: Buying a Power Miter Saw
- #10: Buying other Woodworking Power Tools
- Which Hand Tools Do You Need for Building a Workbench?
- How to Buy Hollows & Rounds Molding Planes
- Finding Amazing Deals at Antique Hand Tool Swaps
- How to Choose a Vintage Metal Hand Plane
- How to Choose a Vintage Wooden Hand Plane
- Stanley Bailey Handplane Type / Age Study
- James Huggett’s Dream Woodworking Workshop
- Stunning Workshop of Wood Carver & 18th Century Furniture Maker William Brown (Part 1)
- Don Williams’ Amazing Off-Grid Timber Frame Barn Workshop (Part 1)
- Refining Beeswax with Don Williams (Workshop Tour Part 2)
- Don Williams’ Amazing Off-Grid Timber Frame Barn Workshop (Part 3)
- 18th Century Beeswax Wood Finishing with a French Polissoir (Don Williams Workshop Tour Part 4)
- Flintlock Rifle Gunsmith & Engraver: Mark Thomas (Workshop Tour Part 1)
- Chip Carving with Mark Thomas (Workshop Tour Part 2)
- Card Scraping a Powder Horn with Mark Thomas (Workshop Tour Part 3)
- Making Wood Figure “Pop” using Ferric Nitrate with Mark Thomas (Workshop Tour Part 4)
- Joshua’s Workshop and Farm Update
- David Ray Pine’s Woodworking Workshop Tour
- From Tree to Quartersawn Lumber using a Bandsaw Mill
- Hancock Shaker Village for Woodworkers (Part 1)
- Hancock Shaker Village Chair Maker’s Shop Tour (Part 2)
- Hancock Shaker Woodworking Shop Tour (Part 3)
- Hancock Shaker Water-Powered Machine Woodworking Shop Tour (Part 4)
- Colonial Williamsburg Hay Cabinet Shop Tour (part 1)
- Colonial Williamsburg Hay Cabinet Shop Tour (part 2)
- Colonial Williamsburg Hay Cabinet Shop Tour (part 3)
- My Dream Woodworking Workshop (parts 1-6)
- Frank Klausz Workshop Tour
- Bill Anderson’s Workshop Tour
- Phillip Lowe’s Furniture Institute of Massachusetts
- Elia Bizzarri’s Windsor Chair Workshop Tour
- Interview with Back Saw Expert Philip Baker
- Stunning Williamsburg Mother Plane Collection
- 1800’s Archaeology Tour of Adam Kersh’s Cabinet Shop
- Midwest Tool Collector’s Tool Swap
- Middleton Plantation Workshop Tour
- Traditional Wooden Boat Builder Tour
- Blacksmith Bruce Dembling Workshop Tour
- George Lott’s workshop at the Frontier Culture Museum (Part 1)
- George Lott’s workshop at the Frontier Culture Museum (Part 2)
- 1820s Tool Chest at the Frontier Culture Museum
- Wayne Henderson’s Guitar Shop
- 1600’s English Furniture & Timber Frame Farmhouse
- Frontier Culture Museum Tour – 1740s Settlement
- The House Joiner (making sash windows by hand)
- Artisan Tree Carver in Virginia
- Hand Cut Dovetails with Frank Klausz {Pins First}
- How to Make Breadboard Ends (part 2)
- Tusk Tenons…How Strong Are They?
- How to Cut Half-Lap Dovetails with Hand Tools
- How to Cut a Half-Blind Lap Dovetail Joint with Hand Tools
- How to Make Mortise and Tenon Joints with Hand Tools
- How to Make a Wedged Mortise & Tenon Joint
- Secret Mitered Dovetails with Kaare Loftheim at Colonial Williamsburg
- How to Cut Rabbets with Hand Tools
- How to Use a Stanley 45 Combination Plane to Cut Grooves
- How to Chop Mortises
- How to Clean Mortises
- How to Layout Tenons
- How to Cut Tenon Shoulders
- How to Cut Tenon Cheeks
- How to Square Tenon Cheeks
- How to Fit a Mortise & Tenon joint
- How to Drawbore Mortise and Tenon Joints
- How to Make Pegs for Drawboring Mortise & Tenon
- How to Make a Through Mortise & Tenon joint
- How to Cut a Ship Lap Joint with Hand Tools
- Very Detailed Hand Cut Dovetails (Parts 1-15)
- How to Cut a Dado Joint with Hand Tools
- How to Cut Tongue and Groove Joints with Hand Tools
- How to Square, Flatten, and Dimension Rough Boards with Hand Tools {10 Steps}
- Hand Cut Dovetails with Frank Klausz {Pins First}
- How to Cut Half-Lap Dovetails with Hand Tools
- Frank Klausz Cuts a Monster Molding with his Molding Plane
- How to use Antique Moulding Planes
- How to Choose, Tune, and Use Rabbet Planes with Bill Anderson
- How to Tune and Use a Moving Fillister Plane
- Resawing Wide Boards at Colonial Williamsburg Hay Cabinet Shop
- Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools – Parts 1-16
- How to use a Wooden Jointer Plane {Part 1: Joint an Edge}
- How to use a Wooden Jointer Plane {Part 2: Flatten a Panel}
- How to Cut a Decorative Bead with a Beading Plane
- How to Reverse a Woodworking Clamp
- How Should You Set Down Your Hand Planes on a Workbench?
- How to Cut a Half-Blind Lap Dovetail Joint with Hand Tools
- How to Make Mortise and Tenon Joints with Hand Tools
- How to Make a Wedged Mortise & Tenon Joint
- Secret Mitered Dovetails with Kaare Loftheim at Colonial Williamsburg
- How to Cut Rabbets with Hand Tools
- How to Use a Stanley 45 Combination Plane to Cut Grooves
- How to Chop Mortises
- How to Clean Mortises
- How to Layout Tenons
- How to Cut Tenon Shoulders
- How to Cut Tenon Cheeks
- How to Square Tenon Cheeks
- How to Fit a Mortise & Tenon joint
- How to Drawbore Mortise and Tenon Joints
- How to Make Pegs for Drawboring Mortise & Tenon
- How to Make a Through Mortise & Tenon joint
- How to Cut a Ship Lap Joint with Hand Tools
- Very Detailed Hand Cut Dovetails (Parts 1-15)
- How to Cut a Dado Joint with Hand Tools
- How to Cut Tongue and Groove Joints with Hand Tools
- Card Scraping a Powder Horn with Mark Thomas
10 STEPS TO GET STARTED
Learn 10 simple steps on how to get started in traditional woodworking.
WOOD FINISHING
Learn different methods for creating beautiful finishes on your furniture.
TOOL SHARPENING
Learn to sharpen & tune traditional woodworking hand tools.
TOOL REFURBISHING & CARE
Learn to refurbish and maintain historic woodworking hand tools.
- 10 Steps introduction
- Step 1: Buy the Right Woodworking Hand Tools
- Step 2: Setup Your Workshop & Tool Storage
- Step 3: Learn how to Tune, Refurbish, & Sharpen Tools
- Step 4: Learn how to Use Woodworking Hand Tools
- Step 5: Learn how to Design Woodworking Projects
- Step 6: Learn how to Choose Stable, Strong, & Beautiful Wood
- Step 7: Learn how to Square & Flatten Rough Boards
- Step 8: Joinery: Learn how to Layout & Cut Joints
- Step 9: Learn how to Assemble, Fasten, & Glue-up
- Step 10: Learn how to Traditionally Finish the Wood
- How to Beautifully Fume Furniture with Cheap Ammonia
- Making Wood Figure “Pop” using Ferric Nitrate with Mark Thomas
- How to Finish a Woodworking Saw Handle
- How to use Traditional Milk Paint on Hand-made Furniture
- Gorgeous Tung Oil Finish on 18th Century Jointer Plane
- Boiled Linseed Oil: Natural, Fast, & Lovely Wood Finish
- How to Restore Antique Beading Planes
- How to Remove Rust from Woodworking Tools
- How to Finish a Woodworking Saw Handle
- Repairing Woodworking Chisels with Blacksmith Bruce Dembling
- Roy Underhill’s Tip for Tightening Loose Hatchets
- How to Clean & Oil Your Antique Molding Planes
- Trick for Tightening a Loose Froe Handle
- How to Hang Axes, Froes, Hatchets, & Mallets
FURNITURE PROJECTS
Learn different furniture making projects.
LUMBER
Learn about wood, how to get it, and how to use it.
MAKING TOOLS, APPLIANCES, & AIDS
Learn to make various woodworking hand tools, workbenches, and appliances .
REVIEWS & RECOMMENDATIONS
Reviews of our favorite tools, appliances, books, videos, etc.
- Build a Dovetail Desk with Hand Tools – Parts 1-16
- Dry Fitting a Walnut Chair with Brian Weldy at Colonial Williamsburg
- “Build a Traditional Windsor Rocker with Elia Bizzarri” DVD
- How to Make a Dovetail Tool Box with Hand Tools
- How to Make a Wooden Straight Edge for Woodworking
- How to Make a Woodworking Hand Tool Storage Board
- How to Make a Pad Saw (for cutting into a board face)
- Milk Painted Dovetail Saw Till
- How to Choose Lumber for Woodworking {7 Simple Steps}
- From Tree to Quartersawn Lumber using a Bandsaw Mill
- Dimension Wood with Hand Tools: Square, Flat, Straight & Smooth
- Is it OK to use Pre-Dimensioned Lumber?
- How to Make a Wooden Straight Edge for Woodworking
- The Portable Moravian Workbench at The Woodwright’s School
- How to Make a Dovetail Tool Box with Hand Tools
- How to Finish a Woodworking Saw Handle
- How to Make a Woodworking Hand Tool Storage Board
- How to Make a Pad Saw (for cutting into a board face)
- Gorgeous Tung Oil Finish on 18th Century Jointer Plane
- How to Hang Axes, Froes, Hatchets, & Mallets
- How are Woodworking Hand Planes Made?
- Work Sharp WS3000 Tool Sharpener Review
- “Build a Traditional Windsor Rocker with Elia Bizzarri” DVD Review
- DVD Giveaways: Choosing, Refurbishing, & Using Moulding Planes
- Choosing, Refurbishing & Using Moulding Planes with Bill Anderson DVD
- “Choosing, Refurbishing, & Using Joinery Handplanes” DVD
- Choosing, Refurbishing, and Using Joinery Planes with Bill Anderson DVD
- Building the Portable Moravian Workbench DVD at The Woodwright’s School
- Making an 18th Century Jointer Plane DVD
- “The Woodwright’s Shop” Episodes on DVD
- “The New Traditional Woodworker” by Jim Tolpin
- “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest” by Christopher Schwarz
WOOD CARVING
Tutorials & interesting tidbits about carving wood.
WOOD TURNING
Learn tutorials and tips on how to turn wood on a wood lathe.
RANDOM, INTERESTING, & FUN
See some of the fascinating or crazy things that don’t fit into a category.
IMPORTANT LINKS & RESOURCES
Quick links to important parts of WoodAndShop.com
- Ingenious Folding Ladder Built by Roy Underhill
- The Newest Traditional Woodworker
- World’s First Hand Tool Woodworking Forum!
- Why Join the “Mid-West Tool Collectors Association”?
- How to Reverse a Woodworking Clamp
- How to Woodwork in the Dark?
- How Should You Set Down Your Hand Planes on a Workbench?
- French Cologne that Smells Like Wood?