Quiet Woodworking

06/04/2026

My latest Substack post on Hand Tool Skills. About how important it is to maintain hand tool skills in today's fast-paced world of evolving technology..

Hand tool skills were a given. People were happier, they were creating!

05/22/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/woodskills/p/fine-woodworking-or-wood-processing?r=1h2y2i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Apologies for not posting earlier but am in the final stretch of development of a new Hollows & Rounds Maker Course. I want the video course to be an excellent step-by-step on creating Hollows & Rounds using acquired techniques and skills I like to share. There is considerable hand tool work in the....

05/15/2026

Hollow & Round Maker Course avail. May 28, 2026. Sign up for waitlist. $79 includes CAD plans.

Learn to create a matched pair of Hollow & Round Molding Planes. 10 hours of videos + plans describe how to create a matched set of molding planes in detail. Extensive tips + techniques are provided for wood selection, design principles, creating hollows & rounds, using hand tools. CAD diagrams incl...

05/05/2026

https://woodskills.substack.com/p/speed-over-quality?r=1h2y2i

In the pursuit to a quieter form of hand tool woodworking, speed and productivity are often casualties of the shift.

05/02/2026

Hollows and rounds are the foundation of traditional molding work. Want to learn how to make your own hollows & rounds molding planes? In this video, I walk you through the background of why & how I started making traditional wooden molding planes, along with the system I developed to ensure consistency and accuracy across a matching set.
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1 comment. "The Plane Maker (Molding Planes)"

04/07/2026

My latest small batch of No. 7/8 Hollow & Round Molding Planes. European Beech bodies with custom fabricated irons. Perfected some techniques and processes for more production work. These planes are small with an incredible amount of precision involved with little room for error. Sizes were selected as they are the most versatile in creating either simple or complex profiles.

02/22/2026

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I am a furniture designer + maker and woodworking educator. Get inspired, learn about the challenges of a woodworker working with hand tools in this modern era. Join me at "The Artisan's Workbench" where I delve into furniture making. Click to read The Artisan's Workbench, by Norman Pirollo, a Subst...

02/22/2026

Want to learn how to make moldings by hand using traditional wooden molding planes? In this video, I walk you through the process of creating handmade moldings using classic wooden hand planes. I cover the most common molding profiles, explain the tools required to make them, and demonstrate the step-by-step process of shaping clean, crisp profiles the traditional way.

Want to learn how to make moldings by hand using traditional wooden molding planes? In this video, I walk you through the process of creating handmade moldin...

04/04/2024

Searching through my archives for some information and came across this nugget. How I began at woodworking and what motivated me... Written in 2006 (10 years) after I actually began. I recall being at the forefront of the Internet (1996) when confusion reigned and setting up a website was a handcrafted affair. Had to learn HTML and deal with incompatibility between Internet Explorer and Netscape. It was literally the Wild West, but the opportunities abounded! The article explains this part of the journey.

Visit the web site of Refined Edge Furniture Design, and you'll see some beautifully handcrafted furniture. Mosey on over to White Mountain Design, and you are likely to get a strange feeling of déjà vu as you peer at lovely handmade boxes and hand planes.

08/27/2022

Now available through woodskills.com. New book on the dichotomy of hand tool woodworking in a modern world. Discover how hand tools create a quiet, peaceful, dust free woodworking experience. Attain a more fulfilling, better quality of craftsmanship. I delve into how my furniture pieces are created using hand tools. Why we need to maintain a tradition of working with hand tools in today's environment where technology permeates our lives at every turn. Develop hand to eye coordination and gain tactile feedback. I make a compelling case of introducing hand tools into woodworking 180 pages.