Charles Hayward – The Complete Book of Woodwork

Charles H. Hayward was born April 26, 1898, in London, the son of a woodworker, educated in London, Hayward serves in World War I for two years, 1916-18. Hayward – a self-employed cabinetmaker in London, England, for 12 years, 1913-25, becomes editor of...

Stanley Tool Company

Without doubt one of the best known hand tool manufacturers is the Stanley Tool Company. It was founded by Frederick T. Stanley in 1843, originally a bolt and door hardware manufacturing company located in New Britain, Connecticut. The Stanley Rule and Level Company...

Woodworking Nostalgia

A friend stopped by today and took a look at my latest project an Oak kitchen cabinet as we were chatting he asked me “…when did I start doing this stuff?” This week Lisa and I have been going through old photos, and I found this photo,I must have...

12 in 1 Tool

This must have been quite a machine. I just love the fact that you can order extra fitments…  

By Hand and Eye

Is a delightful stop motion animation movie about how artisans from antiquity to the dawn of the industrial age carried out design  – in a nutshell, arithmetic trumped the simple geometric relationships of natural — that rational numbers.    ...