The following is excerpted from Vol. II of “The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years: Techniques.” This book is chock-full of invaluable hand-tool technique instruction and tool knowledge…including finer points about screwdrivers. I didn’t know until I started working with nice hardware that the screwdriver mattered – it absolutely does. – Fitz There are many…
Read moreThe following is excerpted from “Honest Labour: The Charles H. Hayward Years.” When we started on The Woodworker project more than a decade ago we didn’t intend to publish “Honest Labour.” The series was going to have four books that covered handwork: Vol. 1: Tools; Vol. 2: Techniques; Vol. 3: Joinery; and Vol. 4: The…
Read moreThe following is excerpted from the fourth book in our series “The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years,” which covers three different topics. 1) The Workshop, including the design and construction of workbenches, tool chests and wall cabinets. There’s also an entire section devoted to “appliances,”which are workshop accessories such as shooting boards. 2) Furniture…
Read moreThe following is excerpted from “Honest Labour: The Charles H. Hayward Years,” a collection of the storied editor’s Chips From the Chisel, column, which ran in the front of every issue of The Woodworker for three decades. What our full powers are—we shall never know exactly this side of the grave, but we can have…
Read moreThe following is excerpted from “The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years,” Vol. 4, which covers three different topics. 1) The Workshop, including the design and construction of workbenches, tool chests and wall cabinets. There’s also an entire section devoted to “appliances,”which are workshop accessories such as shooting boards. 2) Furniture & its Details, includes…
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