Tools & Equipment

I grabbed what looked like a solid deal on a vintage hand plane at an auction — paid decent money for it, took it home, sharpened the iron until it could slice arm hair, and watched it chatter and dig in on every single stroke. Weeks of troubleshooting later, I discovered the sole had a … Read more

I own two angle grinders that cost roughly the same story but ended up in completely different places in my shop. One lives on the pegboard within arm’s reach. The other sits in a drawer, and I have to talk myself into grabbing it. After twelve years of daily garage work, that gap between “the … Read more

Over on the left side of my shop, wedged between the welding station and my main workbench, sits a rolling cart that holds more than it looks like it should. On top of that cart lives a 10-inch benchtop drill press, bolted down solid through steel plates I welded to the frame. Twelve years ago, … Read more

Knife Forging Tools You Actually Need: The $200 Starter Kit Want to know what stops most people from forging their first blade? They’re staring at equipment lists that cost more than their car. Seven years into knife making, and I can trace everything back to a moment when I almost didn’t start. I was 22, … Read more