Why it matters: Woodworking connects us to a heritage of craftsmanship while allowing personal creativity to flourish in modern ways. Tools of the trade: From chisels and hand planes to CNC routers ...

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This forgotten hand tool cut the joints that held American homes together for generations.

Over the course of a typical day in the workshop, a woodworker might reach for a dozen or more tools. Both hand and power tools frequently come together to support the needs of a woodworker's charge.

Knotted electric cords aren’t a problem that woodworker Sean Archer deals with. He only worries about the knots in the locally grown wood he shapes with hand tools. “I think if more of us were making ...