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Joel Moskowitz

Pres. Brooklyn, NY, USA

Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #126: A Better System for Keeping Tools Sharp

How did craftspeople in ancient times build incredible things with crappy tools?

By Joel Moskowitz - February 13
Tools & Craft

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...

By Joel Moskowitz - January 23

1 Comment
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #124: The Future of Furniture, Part 6 - Solid

After detailing the final steps of the project of making a dresser, the anonymous...

By Joel Moskowitz - January 16
Tools & Craft

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...

By Joel Moskowitz - January 9

2 Comments
Tools & Craft

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...

By Joel Moskowitz - January 3

1 Comment
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #121: The Future of Furniture, Part 3 - Information

Thirty years ago it was fairly common for students to have classes in some...

By Joel Moskowitz - December 26, 2018

1 Comment
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #120: The Future of Furniture, Part 2 - Goals

What kind of furniture will furniture makers make in the future? Before we can...

By Joel Moskowitz - December 19, 2018

2 Comments
Furniture Design

Tools & Craft #119: The Future of Furniture, Part 1

As certain rooms in our house become obsolete, will furniture keep suit?

By Joel Moskowitz - December 12, 2018
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #118: I Think Better on Paper - My Return to Fountain Pens

This entry will be a little different than the others

By Joel Moskowitz - December 5, 2018

2 Comments
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #117: Why New Tools Used to Arrive Unsharpened

Buying a sharp tool is actually a relatively new idea

By Joel Moskowitz - November 28, 2018

1 Comment
Tools & Craft

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...

By Joel Moskowitz - November 21, 2018

2 Comments
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #115: Paring Chisels

From the top: Paring Chisel, Ashley Iles Beveled Edge Bench Chisel, 2 more paring...

By Joel Moskowitz - November 15, 2018
Tools & Craft

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...

By Joel Moskowitz - November 7, 2018
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #113: Thomas Chippendale, Furniture Marketing Genius

What did furniture makers do before Instagram?

By Joel Moskowitz - October 31, 2018
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #112: Why Large American Manufacturers Discontinue Great Products

The zombie distribution system

By Joel Moskowitz - October 24, 2018
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #111: Making Stuff, and Other Human Impulses

How do you get students to the point at which they can produce something?

By Joel Moskowitz - October 17, 2018
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #110: Old-School Prototyping and Pattern Making

Here's how we used to develop power tools, among other things

By Joel Moskowitz - October 10, 2018
Tools & Craft

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

By Joel Moskowitz - October 3, 2018

5 Comments
Design Business

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

By Joel Moskowitz - September 26, 2018

2 Comments
Tools & Craft

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

By Joel Moskowitz - September 19, 2018
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #106: Which Glue is Better - Epoxy, Yellow Wood Glue, or Liquid Hide Glue?

We test all three

By Joel Moskowitz - September 12, 2018

3 Comments
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #105: The Proper Grip for Hand Tools

Here's a pointer: Point

By Joel Moskowitz - September 5, 2018

1 Comment
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #104: My Bench Chisel History

I was organizing some stuff in the shop the other day and I came...

By Joel Moskowitz - August 29, 2018

1 Comment
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #103: How Drawbore Pins Work

Since we introduced Ray Iles's draw borepins last fall, we've gotten a ton of...

By Joel Moskowitz - August 15, 2018
Events

Book Signing Event with Furniture Maker Nancy Hiller, This Thursday in NYC

The author of "Making Things Work" will be feted with a pinata

By Joel Moskowitz - August 1, 2018
Tools & Craft

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....

By Joel Moskowitz - July 25, 2018
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #101: About Auriou and Gramercy Rasps

We design and make our own tools, and are also happy to carry excellent...

By Joel Moskowitz - July 18, 2018

1 Comment
Furniture Design

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....

By Joel Moskowitz - July 12, 2018
Tools & Craft

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...

By Joel Moskowitz - June 29, 2018
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #98: Brace Tips, Part 2 - The Quick Brace

In Part 1 of Brace Tips, I explained how to make your brace work...

By Joel Moskowitz - June 6, 2018
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #97: Tip for Using a Brace: Ratcheting

In the picture I am boring a pretty big hole. Pulling the handle of...

By Joel Moskowitz - May 30, 2018

1 Comment
Tools & Craft

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...

By Joel Moskowitz - May 23, 2018

3 Comments
Tools & Craft

Tools & Craft #95: Making Stuff, and Other Human Impulses

...plus why you should take a class that teaches you how to make something

By Joel Moskowitz - May 16, 2018

1 Comment
Tools & Craft

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...

By Joel Moskowitz - May 9, 2018

4 Comments
Design Business

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...

By Joel Moskowitz - May 2, 2018

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