Woodworking is a blast. It’s deeply therapeutic and satisfying to start out with some pieces of wood and turn them into something, whether it’s a baseball bat, a piece of furniture, a picture frame, ...

Woodworking can be an expensive hobby. The cost of lumber is already bad enough, but the price tags on new tools can be downright harrowing. This is why many new and veteran carpenters are always on ...

Close-up of full scale model of Engaku-ji Temple Shariden interlocking bracket complex made of Hinoki cypress (Courtesy of Ikaruga-Kōsha) A standard set of tools, installation view at the Takenaka ...

As a former residential and commercial carpenter, I have years of experience using a huge variety of woodworking tools. I used this insight to identify and select the tools I feel are most useful (and ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Woodworking is one of the oldest professions around, and a surprisingly exciting modern hobby. Plenty of people have found themselves sitting ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Refreshing the place you call home can take on many different forms, yet the tasks of a modern home renovation often share the same goal ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Woodworking delivers a return to simpler times. Those who cut, plane, and attach boards together to transform planks of wood into something ...

‘When Practice Becomes Form: Carpentry Tools From Japan,” the exhibition now on view at New York’s Japan Society, has a title so modest as to be misleading. By this standard, “The Joy of Cooking” ...