Rob does some amazing things with hand tools.  His site is full of instructional material including books, magazines, and DVD’s to help you improve your hand tool skills.  Take a look at his unique boxes and other things he makes which you can buy along with hand tools he uses to achieve absolute perfection in working with wood.

So many projects…..so little time!  A great site for those interested in woodworking hand tools and projects made with them.  Read about “Working on the Roubo Leg” as well as many other interesting woodworking posts.

A fun site!

Dan’s interest in woodworking is primarily in human-powered woodworking.  Read about his shaker cupboard project.  He’s also got a cool shop gallery of projects.  However, most impressive is his woodworking library of over 175 books.  Does he have them all in his library?  Has he read them all!  Why not ask Dan?

One of the finest antique tool sites on the Internet….the web site is dedicated to the use, preservation, and extension of antique tool knowledge. Here you will find many articles of interest if you like collecting antique tools. On this site, antique tools include any old tool that didn’t require electricity and has some collectible tool value. Many of these old tools also are superior tools for use, due to a higher grade of materials used in days past and better construction techniques. On this site you will find articles about antique tools and treadle powered or foot powered machines, type studies, lists of tools for sale, and information on a tool collector’s database and mailing list. Use the gold links at the left to navigate the site.

As the knowledge of carpentry, cabinetmaking, joinery, and other various forms of woodworking grows amongst the current generation of practitioners we hear more and more about specific tools that were once made, were once common, and now are referred to only in the misty eyes of craftsman. We read that if we had this particular thing or that particular thing our work would be so much better. Many of these desirable tools have been reproduced in questionable quality or have been snapped up by collectors so that the only affordable samples are not very good. The purpose of this site is to provide what any good museum should provide: A knowledge-base of museum quality tools and a description of tools and techniques that once existed but are now gone. A museum should not be a fossilized, nostalgic look back to the past, so we hope to show how older tools can help you to be a better woodworker.