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Hand Tools and Teaching

A conversation at the bench, recorded. Society of American Period Furniture Makers · Membership

Tom Lie-Nielsen on the revival of American hand-tool manufacturing — what it took to bring high-quality bronze planes back into production, starting on his kitchen table in 1981. Bob Van Dyke on founding the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking and what it teaches him about how makers actually learn.

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