THE LIBRARY
Lessons, essays, projects.
A growing library of tutorials, hand-tool deep-dives, and project plans. New work goes up every Tuesday. Free posts are marked — the rest are for members.
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Office hours · April recap
FOR MEMBERSThis post is for members.Members get the full archive of lessons, essays, and project plans — about 60 pieces and growing…
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Shaker side table — full plans
FOR MEMBERSThis post is for members.Members get the full archive of lessons, essays, and project plans — about 60 pieces and growing…
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Cutting dovetails by feel
FOR MEMBERSThis post is for members.Members get the full archive of lessons, essays, and project plans — about 60 pieces and growing…
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Tuning a No. 4 smoother
FOR MEMBERSThis post is for members.Members get the full archive of lessons, essays, and project plans — about 60 pieces and growing…
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Why we still draw by hand
A pencil sketch of a side table forces decisions that SketchUp lets you defer. That’s the entire argument for the hand drawing,…
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Welcome to The Bench
The Bench is a paid library and small community for furniture makers and hand-tool woodworkers. This is the welcome post — what…