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Period woodworking society

Daiku Dojo is a community organization designed to help provide the education and skills necessary for the use of hand tools in woodworking. The organization also encourages personal involvement with community projects. By joining together we can work on interesting projects that most of us would not have the opportunity or resources to attempt alone, and at the same time, benefit local groups and organizations.

This site is all about woodworking handsaws, There has been a resurgence of interest in woodworking with hand tools and consequent proliferation of high quality handtool makers. When the powered circular saw became popular, the availability of quality handsaws decreased. Now there are a number of companies dedicated to re-capturing the high quality of early saws.

The woodworking school that focuses on traditional craftsmanship with hand tools. Started in 1978 by Drew Langsner. In many Country Workshops woodworking classes, instruction begins by splitting a freshly felled hardwood log, a traditional method sometimes called “green woodworking.” Air-dried, milled lumber is also used when appropriate. Project work is often done with a drawknife and spokeshave while seated at a shaving horse. We also teach the skills of wood turning, wood bending, carving and hewing with axes and adzes.

Woodworking forum

A workbench design resource for woodworkers

Primitive Archer Magazine is written specifically for people who love the outdoors, hunting and archery and has been dedicated to “Passing On The Traditions Of Classical Archery” since 1992. Published six times a year, we are packed with advice for bowyers, hunters and outdoorsmen. Each issue is full of how-to's, archery history, hunting tips and related ways to maximize your outdoor experience, plus exciting stories from well known authors and your fellow readers.

Japanese woodworking forums

Woodworking forums for the whole family

Our aim is to make Handplane Central a valuable source of information for all types of handplanes, including wooden planes, infill planes and Stanley type planes. If you want to make a woodworking plane we have a selection of plans for making planes and we're adding new articles almost every day. So if you're into planemaking, aspiring to be a planemaker, a hand plane collector or just want to learn about hand planes in general and how to use them then this is a good place to start