Here are some good resources on using old tools — for the moment, pretty minimal, but it’ll grow over time.
Figuring out what you need
- A starter set of hand tools, with James Wright
- Farnsworth on buying braces and drills
- Joshua Farnsworth tells you what tools to buy first
- Popular Woodworking on Core Hand Tools
- How I got started with hand tools, by James Wright
- Which planes get used, and for what? with James Wright
Sharpening
see also Tool maintenance
- Sharpening a ripsaw, with James Wright
- All about block planes, with James Wright
- Chris Schwarz on sharpening scrapers
- Sharpening a card scraper with James Wright
- Sharpening a Millers-Falls-type cigar shave
- Sharpening a drawknife (scary-sharp variant)
- Sharpening a drawknife (with a puck-type axe stone)
- Maurice Fraser Guide to Honing and Sharpening
- Scary-sharp (the best way to sharpen edge tools, by far)
- More than you wanted to know about saw vises, from Blackburn Tools
- Paul Sellers on sharpening a spokeshave
- Paul Sellers on sharpening new chisels
- Paul Sellers on sharpening a gouge
- Paul Sellers on handsaw sharpening
- Speedy handsaw sharpening with Paul Sellers
- Pete Taran on sharpening a handsaw
- Sharpening a crosscut saw with Paul Sellers
- Paul Sellers on everything to do with card scrapers
- Restoring a 100-year-old dovetail saw, with James Wright
- Sharpening a #80 cabinet scraper
- Tuning up a #151 spokeshave, with Paul Sellers
- Sharpening a scorp
- Using and sharpening scraper planes
- Sharpening a scraper
- Sharpening and burnishing a card scraper
Basic woodworking techniques
- A starter set of hand tools, with James Wright
- Stock preparation with hand tools (Chris Schwarz)
- Matt Estlea on how to saw correctly
- Which planes get used, and for what? with James Wright
Axes and adzes
Bench planes and specialty planes
- All about block planes, with James Wright
- Troubleshooting bench planes with Chris Schwarz
- Setting up a handplane with Chris Schwarz
- Garrett Hack on handplane tuning
- Everything there is to know about the #60 1/2 low-angle block plane
- Which planes get used, and for what? with James Wright
- How to tune up a compass plane
- Care and feeding of wooden plow planes
- Tuning and using a wooden dado plane
- All about the #78 duplex rabbet
- Everything there is to know about the #60 1/2 low-angle block plane
- Using and sharpening scraper planes
- Moulding planes - where to start (with Matt Bickford, Lost Art Press)
- What is a rabbet plane? with James Wright
Boring tools
- Eggbeater drill restoration (maintenance), with James Wright
- Paul Sellers on the virtues of the bit brace
Chairmaking tools
Chisels, gouges, and carving tools
- Paul Sellers on sharpening new chisels
- Paul Sellers on sharpening a gouge
- Mortising chisels vs. Bench chisels with James Wright
Drawknives
Machinist tools
Saws
- Sharpening a ripsaw, with James Wright
- Sharpening a crosscut saw with James Wright
- Straightening a back saw with Paul Sellers
- Recutting and resizing saw teeth with Paul Sellers
- Using a Stanley saw set
- More than you wanted to know about saw vises, from Blackburn Tools
- Paul Sellers on handsaw sharpening
- Speedy handsaw sharpening with Paul Sellers
- Pete Taran on sharpening a handsaw
- Sharpening a crosscut saw with Paul Sellers
- Pete Taran on cleaning up a handsaw
- Matt Estlea on how to saw correctly
- Restoring a 100-year-old dovetail saw, with James Wright
- Using a stair saw
Scrapers
- Sharpening a card scraper with James Wright
- Paul Sellers on everything to do with card scrapers
- Sharpening a #80 cabinet scraper
- Sharpening and burnishing a card scraper
Screwdrivers
Tool maintenance
see also Sharpening, above
- All about block planes, with James Wright
- Straightening a back saw with Paul Sellers
- Recutting and resizing saw teeth with Paul Sellers
- Yankee screwdriver maintenance
- Restoring a 100-year-old dovetail saw, with James Wright