This heated Milwaukee Tool hoodie is one of those items I never would have purchased for myself, but I can no longer live without (like my first iPhone). When I got it, I couldn't see much need for it as a woodworker.

I'm a workshop guy, and I do my best to stay in my workshop, because I like it there. I know where everything is in my workshop. But I do have to go on-site for installs. When I do, I like to carry as little as possible. To that end, this backpack is fantastic.

I've always hated flashlights that were part of rechargeable tool lines. My old attitude was: thanks, but I'll use my Maglite. Milwaukee shut my mouth with this one. This little lantern is so simple and effective...and because it's a lantern, not a flashlight...it is dramatically more useful.

In the woodworking industry, there is a tendency to place manual finishing in the realm of art, but the reality is that more finishing problems are the result of microscopic interactions than flawed technique.

Woodworkers and business owners discuss trending topics on Woodworking Network such as tools, advertising strategies and resources for hiring veterans.

When I came up in woodworking, they said, “Learn how to do the operation with a hand tool, then you'll understand and appreciate the machine that does the same job.” It’s true: The modern person has an easier transition to understanding industrial technology.

Woodworker Matt D'Anca explores product design and shares how a backpack flaw led to woodworking revelation.

Japanese handsaws What makes them saws so great? Efficient tooth design, thin kerf, smooth cut, and handle style creates a tool that does the work better than most Western saws

Wood craft has amazing parallels to life 's decision-making process. Of all the work there is to be done in the woodshop, the hardest work is the decision making, and understanding how it moves us closer to the end result.

There is an old adage in the woodwork and in all the trades that everyone has heard: “Measure twice, Cut once.” Let me share with you a better adage: Plan, Measure, Mark, Cut...Repeat Indefinitely!