At a Grand Rapids meeting Monday, Michigan Secretary of State and candidate for governor Jocelyn Benson listened as members ...

Scientists at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute's campus in Front Royal work to conserve ecosystems and threatened wildlife species. One of their ongoing projects has ...

Luthiers are craftspeople skilled in making string instruments – guitars, violins, violas, cellos, double basses. Their hands carve, chisel, gouge, varnish, and fit together various types of inanimate ...

A good wood turning gouge isn’t just sharp — it’s precise, balanced, and built to last. Instead of buying one, I forged this tool from raw steel. From shaping the profile to heat treating and grinding ...

Mario Miralles spent decades acquiring the spruce and maple for string instruments worthy of Yo-Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel. Then he was forced to evacuate. Mario Miralles spent decades acquiring the ...

When you have a large area of rough wood to remedy, manually sanding is out of the question. Even a power sander, such as a random orbital sander, can take ages if the wood is excessively rough or the ...

Olympe de Gouges is a name you might remember from your history classes as another casualty of the French Revolution’s bloody Reign of Terror. It’s names like ...

Lead ingots dating back almost 3,000 years have been found with several broken-up bronze tools in a discovery which has excited experts. The hoard was unearthed by a metal detectorist near Dereham, ...

When fine lines, hollows, and detailed contours are the issue, straight tools simply won’t cut it. That is where the true power of bent carving gouges comes into its own. These chisels allow you to ...