We will show you how you can cut panel materials precisely yourself in your own workshop with little effort.

With a knife kit from Hiro, you can easily assemble a customised pocket knife yourself.

Braiding with leather straps is easy to learn and you only need a few tools to get started.

Wooden nails differ from open dowelling in that the cross-section of the nails is slightly larger than the pre-drilled hole into which they are driven.

Dressing and jointing are two important work steps on the way from rough sawn timber to the finished workpiece. We will show you how to work cleanly, quickly and, above all, safely on the jointer.

This nesting box protects the brood of tits, sparrows and other birds from martens.

Here you can find out how linseed oil putty is processed and what you need to renew window putty.

We will first look at what timber joints are used for and the criteria by which they can be categorised. Later, we will take a closer look at the most important traditional timber joints.

If you want to give a high-quality workpiece an exclusive finish, there is no way around shellac. We'll tell you what you need to look out for.

There are several methods for constructing ovals. We will show you how to calculate ovals precisely and how to realise them graphically.

If you want to produce complete projects using only hand tools, one of the first steps is to cut them open lengthways

In these building instructions, we will show you step by step how you can build a wooden toolbox like this yourself.

Veneering with beautiful woods gives your workpieces the desired appearance. We explain the basics of veneering.

In this tutorial, you will learn which exercises you can use to train your manual dexterity and which work steps can be accelerated.

Why not get a raw board, grab a wood plane and plane it yourself in your own workshop? We'll show you how it's done.

In this guide, we show you how to build your own Christmas tree stand using a traditional wooden joint and a few hand tools.

We give you tips on how to develop your own knife sheath from scratch and what you should bear in mind when building the prototype.

Most gardeners have certainly heard the term "grafting". But what is actually meant by grafting plants?

We will show you how to produce the hinges using conventional tools.

The bevelled edge is probably the simplest profile we know, and it is also the most widely used. Chamfers are simple in appearance and easy to produce. Nevertheless, bevelled edges can be found almost everywhere.

You can use these two planer bars to push the edges of workpieces either at an exact right angle or at an angle of 45°.

Building a wooden plane is not that difficult. We provide helpful tips to help you succeed.

In this tutorial, we show a basic variant in which the pages can only be moved a little bit at a time to make room for the movement of the next page.

You can use these two planer bars to push the edges of workpieces either at an exact right angle or at an angle of 45°.

Building a wooden plane is not that difficult. We provide helpful tips to help you succeed.

In this tutorial, we show a basic variant in which the pages can only be moved a little bit at a time to make room for the movement of the next page.