Last weekend, the re-enactment season of this year started for us with a visit to the Historic Open Air Museum in Eindhoven. This meant pre...

The two man cross-cut saw appeared first in the 10th century in the Northern Alps, but only became common in the mid-15th century. The s...

At our woodworking course we have a new electric lathe, and I wanted to try this machine to make some wooden needle cases. Such needle cases...

There were different types of saws in use during medieval times, for instance the long two-handed saw in use for construction work. Anothe...