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Behind the Design

The Veritas Router Plane does jobs that no other plane can do. Learn more about it from the tool’s designer.

Pretty Pansies, Violas and Violets

To combat last year’s winter blues, gardener Julianne Labreche grew pansies from seed. Here’s how she did it.

Fragrance Beyond Flowers

In the plant world, scent is not an attribute of flowers exclusively. Many fragrances beyond blooms are awaiting discovery in your garden.

Spiny, Sun-Loving Succulents

Gardener Gina Dobrodzicka explains how cacti’s peculiar features allow them to thrive in extreme conditions.

What is It?

This tool would have come in handy at the local dairy farm.

Behind the Design

In this video, the designer behind the new Veritas Card Scraper Burnisher talks about how its innovative design helps eliminate the tendency to misuse this type of tool.

How to Burnish a Card Scraper

Our woodworking partner Vic Tesolin provides some tips on using the new Veritas Card Scraper Burnisher.

What is it?

Many of us still use modern versions of these on icy winter days.

Inspired to Make

After working as a graphic designer for 15 years, Matt Wallace decided to channel his talents into furniture design.

Inlaid Dovetailed Box

Charles Mak shows, when you know the trick, this type of dovetail is not much harder to hand cut than a through dovetail.

From the Collection

At only 4" long and 2-1/2" wide each, these side rebate planes are finely constructed.

What is It?

This item measures 30" long overall.

The nonsense door

Former college student Matt Bruins replicated a beautiful wooden door as part of his coursework.

One Woodworker's Design Tools

Woodworker Charles Mak shares how you can dial in designs, sizes and proportions with a low-tech kit.

What Is It?

This tool features a four-piece construction and is European in origin.

From the Collection

This somewhat scarce style of mortise was used to create a blind mortise.

Featured Patent

With this patent, Thomas James Norris sought to improve the adjustability of a plane blade while in a plane body.

Restoring an Old Hand Plane

An old Stanley No. 5 hand plane gets a makeover. Here’s how we did it.

What is It?

This item would have been used around the home’s hearth.

What Is It?

This item is often found at tool-focused events and is rarely identified correctly.

Drying Herbs

A how-to guide for preserving the flavor of garden herbs long after the harvest.

Pumpkin Spice Latte

Karen Bertelsen's recipe for a warm seasonal treat that combines sweetness and spice.