WoodSkills

06/09/2026

Honored to be the recipient of the Danny Proulx Award from the Ottawa Woodworkers Association. I have been a participating member for many years. https://ottwwa.blogspot.com/ . Danny Proulx was a prolific author of many cabinetmaking books, a contributing editor to magazines and OWA mentor in its early, formative stage.

06/08/2026

https://youtu.be/6wP82oiaXdw?si=48khs3i0K-oT6Qxa

Discover how to market and sell your woodworking projects using soc...

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!

05/30/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/woodskills/p/tool-storage-cabinets?r=1h2y2i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

The Silent Partners in My Woodworking Shop

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....

05/14/2026

Hollow & Round Maker Course. Complete $79 includes CAD plans and (2) eBooks. Start Woodworking (eBook), Hand Tool Woodworking (eBook)

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.

05/01/2026

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.

1 comment. "The Plane Maker (Molding Planes)"

04/28/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/woodskills/p/woodworking-noise-and-dust?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Distraction surrounds us today.