"Whenever I am visited in my workshop by a fellow woodworker, the conversation nearly always comes round to the making of tools.  It usually starts with the visitor politely asking how an ordinary craftsman can afford such tools. 

There is no mystery to this.  I have made most of them myself.  Many of my friends have seen my efforts and followed suit;  I hope the reader will be able to do the same."

Jim Kingshott
Making & Modifying Woodworking Tools, 1992

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• Made a Plow Plane by Zach Dillinger

• The Liogier Riffler by Matt Cianci

• Slotting a Saw Tote by Matthew Cianci

• The Care and Feeding of the Wooden Plow Plane by Zach Dillinger

• Liogier Rasps 101 by Matt Cianci

• The Polissoir - a Tool You’ve (Probably) Never Heard of by Chris Schwarz

• If Wishes Were Horses, then Beggars Would RIDE... by Scott Grandstaff

• I knew these old machines could turn useful again... by Noël Liogier

• Miter Box by Goodell Manufacturing Company

• Shop Talks with the Young Mechanics: The File and Filing by W. H. Vandervoort, 1898

• A Tale of Two Benches by Will Myers

• Liogier Rasps and Rifflers by Douglas Coates

• new to me... Curved strops by Scott Grandstaff

• If You Need an Inspiration...  by James D. Thompson

• Building a Low Cost Moxon Vise  by Will Myers

• Shop Talks with the Young Mechanics: Mandrels by W. H. Vandervoort, 1897

• Moving Fillister Plane Tune Up by Will Myers

• 1898 - Shop Talks with the Young Mechanics: The Subject of Drills - The Different Forms and Sizes - Hints About Grinding by W. H. Vandervoort, 1898

• Marking Gauges  by Will Myers

• 1882 - Making File at New American File Company  - Pawtucket, RI

• 1897 - Shop Talks with the Young Mechanics: Rules, Squares, Straight Edges, Hack Saws, Screw Drivers and Wrenches by W. H. Vandervoort

• 1865 - An English Operative in an American Factory, Scientific American

• 1897 - Shop Talks with the Young Mechanics: The Hammer and Cold Chisel By W. H. Vandervoort

• I slope, you slope, we all slope gullets… by Matthew Cianci

• Moravian Bench by Will Myers

• Building a Roubo Bench  by Will Myers

• Shop-made Thread Cutting Tools for Wood by Diego de Assis

• The Bridge City Tool Works CT-14 – Reviewed by David Mathias

• London Pattern Chisel Handle by James D. Thompson

• My Handmade Small Tools by James D. Thompson

• Sash Dowelling Boxes by David Nelson

• Replicating the Seaton Tool Chest by David Nelson

• Quilted Madrone by Scott Grandstaff

• Making an Offset Mallet by P. Michael Henderson

• Quickie dowel cutter/sizer by Scott Grandstaff

• Files and Filemaking, Manufacturer and Builder, 1870

• Building the Roubo Bench by Fred McClure

• Forging a Draw Knife by Jay F. Knowlton, 1921

• Double-end Shear Scraper by James D. Thompson

• Making a Sharpening Disk for Carving Tools by P. Michael Henderson

• The Carving Holder by James D. Thompson

• Making a Small Brass Hammer by P. Michael Henderson

• Making a Compression Nut Ferrule by James D. Thompson

• Shop Made Cauls by P. Michael Henderson

• Mini Scorp from a Wrench by James D. Thompson

• Making Saw Handles by Ray Gardiner

• Non-Slip Hammer Handles by James D. Thompson

• Improved Coping Saw by Bob Smalser

• Inspiration comes from the strangest places by Jerry M. Honeycutt Jr.

• Shoulder Vise Fixture by Tom Conroy

• Dovetail Marking Knives by James D. Thompson

• Week's Modest Shop Activity by Charlie Driggs

• The Turning Bug by Peter Huisman

• Making Floats by Chuck Myers

• 8-Siding or Octagon Marking Gage by Bob Smalser

• Bent Knives and Their Uses by Michael Komick

• Building the Holtzapffel Workbench by David Pearce

• Knight Planes - Use and Maintenance by Steve Knight

• Making a Scratch Stock by James D. Thompson

• Bevel-up Plane - a Group Project by Charles Rodgers

• Create Character with Acid Etching by Andrew Lunn

• A Different Mallet by Scott Grandstaff

• Making a Ram Head saw handle by Frank Brickhouse

• Making a Spill Plane - Photo Essay by Darrell LaRu

• Building a Wooden-bodied Scraper by Dave Hahn

• A Craftsman-made Panel Saw by Andrew Lunn

• Cutters for P & W Beader by Kevin Brennan

• Poor Boy's Split Nuts - L. Hanson

• Making Flexy Scrapers by Scott Grandstaff

• A Very Cool Parting Tool by James D. Thompson

• Making a Miter Jack by Ted Shuck

• Making a Scorp by Bret Rochotte

• Leather Mallet by Gary Caron

• Building Planes One at a Time by Christopher Schwarz

• Hollows and Rounds in a Kit by Shepherd Tool

• About Steel by Ron Hock

• Millrat Special by Roy Griggs

• Making a Perfect Mallet by James D. Thompson

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