Investing in power tools doesn't have to be overwhelming. Here are my three favorite tools to start with for beginner woodworkers.

Woodworking can be an expensive hobby. The cost of lumber is already bad enough, but the price tags on new tools can be downright harrowing. This is why many new and veteran carpenters are always on ...

Woodworking is a blast. It’s deeply therapeutic and satisfying to start out with some pieces of wood and turn them into something, whether it’s a baseball bat, a piece of furniture, a picture frame, ...

Woodworking is rarely viewed as an affordable pastime. Whether it's done in a professional capacity or as a hobby, the act of shaping and molding wood into something completely different is one that ...

--Imagine working steadily on a home improvement project, intently focusing on the task at hand. Then you realize that the work must come to a halt to find a very significant item that just happens to ...

Close-up of full scale model of Engaku-ji Temple Shariden interlocking bracket complex made of Hinoki cypress (Courtesy of Ikaruga-Kōsha) A standard set of tools, installation view at the Takenaka ...