Thousands of handcrafted antique tools that a retired woodworking teacher spent decades collecting but never used are worth more than $35,000. Roy Turnage, 88, spent years adding to his haul that ...

Francis Nicholson is America’s first documented planemaker. It’s believed he was the first planemaker to imprint his name on the tools he created. Nicholson lived from 1683-1753 and this wooden plane ...

Sealaska Heritage Institute is incorporating a traditional Native carving method into the building of the Walter Soboleff Center in Juneau. Wayne Price is a Tlingit carver from Haines. He’s using an ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." From rare 19th-century leather working tools to mid-century woodworking handplanes, these finds tell the ...

I have been a long-time lurker over at OWWM.org, a forum dedicated to the love of old woodworking tools, and its sister site, VintageMachinery.org. After my 9-year-old son watched a few woodworking ...

Antique tools are more than just relics of the past — they can also be resold for surprising amounts. While not every screwdriver or hammer will be worth a lot, some of these historical tools were ...

In 2007, Paul Zlotoff bought 180 acres in South Hero with an RV park, a marina, a defunct convenience store and a farmhouse that belonged to a member of the Allen family — yes, those Allens. The site, ...