In this short build I show how I cut a keyed mortise and tenon joint entirely by hand. I mark out the shoulders, chop the ...

In this short video I show how I cut a clean mortise entirely by hand using a chisel and wooden mallet. You can follow each careful strike as the waste chips curl out of the joint and the walls become ...

Simple stairs have just two components. The flat board that your foot steps on is called a tread. The treads connect to side stringers and sometimes to one that is in the middle of the stairs. The ...

I feel it’s important for you to understand the structure of a set of stairs before you get out your saw and framing square.

A 7,000-year-old wood-lined well discovered in eastern Germany was removed from the site in a single, enormous block and transported to a lab in Dresden for study.(Courtesy Rengert Elburg, Landesamt ...

24. Crown Tools screw slide mortise and marking gauge (£23.50) and 11/4in mortise chisel (£20.50) toolpost.co.uk ...

Humans have a remarkable relationship with trees. Trees not only provide the oxygen we need to breathe, but also wood in its rawest form. For millennia, woodworking by carpenters, turners, and joiners ...