Tools

Wood engraving traces its origin down to the early 19th century. Initially started by Thomas Bewick, it involves cutting intricate patterns into the wood for printing images. It was this process that revolutionized the printing industry at a time when computerized imaging was not available. Understandably the tools used for wood engraving are highly specialized, … Read more

Even if you don’t have much to do with woodworking, you would surely have heard about sanders. The sander is the most critical item in the list of power tools of a serious woodworker. If you have a small project with small-sized components, then hand sanding would probably work. A power sander may damage the … Read more

We tend to take for granted the different types of measuring tools for woodworking. As a woodworker, you may automatically reach for a tape measure or caliper and start measuring. But, have you ever stopped to think of the countless measuring tools use while working on wood? For the newbie, all these tools must seem … Read more

When you start to learn woodworking, one of the first tools that you will handle is a woodworking mallet. These tools form an essential part of any woodworking toolbox. We get different types of woodworking mallets to perform various carpentry tasks. Although you can find mallets that we use in several fields, the mallets we … Read more

When we think of a hammer or a mallet, similar tools come to mind. However, the common factor between a hammer and a mallet is that we use both tools to strike a blow. The main difference between a hammer and a mallet is that the head of a hammer is metallic and that of … Read more

As a woodworker, you need to know a great deal about various tools and the purpose they serve. We often tend to exclude axes from the category of woodworking tools. However, axes help us to chop wood to get the basic raw material for our woodworking products. Hence, you need to consider these tools as … Read more

We all know that you can get numerous types of drill bits for drilling holes in various kinds of material. However, what you probably don’t know is that there are literally over a hundred different types of woodworking drill bits. Hence, we get a wide variety of different kinds of drill bits for wood as … Read more

You will find that wood glue is the one thing that joins all of your woodworking projects together. Literally! It is such a vital part of any woodworking project that you need to know about the different types of wood glue and how to use them. Your choice of glue will depend on the different … Read more

We usually consider chisels under two main categories. The first category includes chisels for general use (click here to see our list of woodworking chisels). The second type of tool comes under the category of wood carving which will talk about below. Anyone who is into wood carving will have a vast collection of wood … Read more

Among woodworking hand tools, we could consider the most indispensable as chisels. However, there are so many different types of woodworking chisels, that it’s easy to get thoroughly confused. If you want to be a competent woodworker, you will need to use appropriate chisels for the job in hand. A chisel consists of a long … Read more