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Joel Moskowitz
Pres. Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Tools & Craft #126: A Better System for Keeping Tools Sharp
How did craftspeople in ancient times build incredible things with crappy tools?
February 13, 2019
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Tools & Craft #125: Book Recommendations for Those Who Like Making Things
I read a lot and I firmly believe that no matter how indispensable a...
January 23, 2019
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Tools & Craft #124: The Future of Furniture, Part 6 - Solid
After detailing the final steps of the project of making a dresser, the anonymous...
January 16, 2019
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Tools & Craft #123: The Future of Furniture, Part 5 - Forming Sheet Goods
I think it is fair to say that most furniture is made of solid...
January 9, 2019
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Tools & Craft #122: The Future of Furniture, Part 4 - What Can a Newbie Build?
Now that woodworking is no longer regularly taught in schools, young people as a...
January 3, 2019
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Tools & Craft #121: The Future of Furniture, Part 3 - Information
Thirty years ago it was fairly common for students to have classes in some...
December 26, 2018
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Tools & Craft #120: The Future of Furniture, Part 2 - Goals
What kind of furniture will furniture makers make in the future? Before we can...
December 19, 2018
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Tools & Craft #119: The Future of Furniture, Part 1
As certain rooms in our house become obsolete, will furniture keep suit?
December 12, 2018
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Tools & Craft #118: I Think Better on Paper - My Return to Fountain Pens
This entry will be a little different than the others
December 5, 2018
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Tools & Craft #117: Why New Tools Used to Arrive Unsharpened
Buying a sharp tool is actually a relatively new idea
November 28, 2018
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Tools & Craft #116: What We Can Learn By Looking Inside Benjamin Seaton's Tool Chest
I own pretty much every hand tool ever invented. Then again, I'm a tool...
November 21, 2018
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Tools & Craft #115: Paring Chisels
From the top: Paring Chisel, Ashley Iles Beveled Edge Bench Chisel, 2 more paring...
November 15, 2018
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Tools & Craft #114: Thoughts on Tool Collector and Author David R. Russell's Legacy
Sometimes a person you have never met, and know only through a book, can...
November 7, 2018
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Tools & Craft #113: Thomas Chippendale, Furniture Marketing Genius
What did furniture makers do before Instagram?
October 31, 2018
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Tools & Craft #112: Why Large American Manufacturers Discontinue Great Products
The zombie distribution system
October 24, 2018
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Tools & Craft #111: Making Stuff, and Other Human Impulses
How do you get students to the point at which they can produce something?
October 17, 2018
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Tools & Craft #110: Old-School Prototyping and Pattern Making
Here's how we used to develop power tools, among other things
October 10, 2018
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Tools & Craft #109: Testing a Knockoff Tool vs. the Real Deal
It's important to understand the role that manufacturing plays in tool quality and price
October 3, 2018
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Tools & Craft #108: How This Toolmaker is Getting Screwed by a New Online Scam
If you buy tools online that seem really inexpensive, it might be this
September 26, 2018
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Tools & Craft #107: In Furniture Design, What's Old is New Again
Here's why you should tell people that your modern designs were inspired by great design from two centuries ago
September 19, 2018
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Tools & Craft #106: Which Glue is Better - Epoxy, Yellow Wood Glue, or Liquid Hide Glue?
We test all three
September 12, 2018
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Tools & Craft #105: The Proper Grip for Hand Tools
Here's a pointer: Point
September 5, 2018
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Tools & Craft #104: My Bench Chisel History
I was organizing some stuff in the shop the other day and I came...
August 29, 2018
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Tools & Craft #103: How Drawbore Pins Work
Since we introduced Ray Iles's draw borepins last fall, we've gotten a ton of...
August 15, 2018
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Book Signing Event with Furniture Maker Nancy Hiller, This Thursday in NYC
The author of "Making Things Work" will be feted with a pinata
August 1, 2018
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Tools & Craft #102: R.I.P. Jennie Alexander 1930-2018
Like many of you, I was very saddened to learn of Jennie Alexander's death....
July 25, 2018
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Tools & Craft #101: About Auriou and Gramercy Rasps
We design and make our own tools, and are also happy to carry excellent...
July 18, 2018
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Tools & Craft #100: The Finest Water Fountain in New York City
I'm a big fan of pastrami, and I go to Katz's to get it....
July 12, 2018
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Tools & Craft #99: Should You Use a Soft or Hard Mallet?
In Japan, chisels for striking are always hooped. That is to say, the butt...
June 29, 2018
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Tools & Craft #98: Brace Tips, Part 2 - The Quick Brace
In Part 1 of Brace Tips, I explained how to make your brace work...
June 6, 2018
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Tools & Craft #97: Tip for Using a Brace: Ratcheting
In the picture I am boring a pretty big hole. Pulling the handle of...
May 30, 2018
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Tools & Craft # 96: Plumier, Crankshaft Design, And How We Waste Time at TFWW
I got called to the back of the shop a few days ago where...
May 23, 2018
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Tools & Craft #95: Making Stuff, and Other Human Impulses
...plus why you should take a class that teaches you how to make something
May 16, 2018
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Tools & Craft #94: Why We Need Rough Material, Not Smooth
When I build my first real bit of furniture I didn't have a jointer...
May 9, 2018
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Feeling Overwhelmed? Here's a Good System for Getting Things Done
I recently saw an Instagram post by craftsperson @anneofalltrades. In the post Anne expressed...
May 2, 2018
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