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Learning as you go Fixing up things in a house, especially an older one, is a great way for anyone to learn more about building and making do. I never thought I'd get interested in woodworking, but just being around my husband who talks about it all the time has stimulated my interest.

We stopped in a woodworking shop last week in Raleigh and they had all sorts of special blocks of wood for making handmade writing pens. Some of the woods were exquisite, with a price to go along with them. How wide is this hobby? Do many people make pens?

As I may have pointed out, my husband has recently retired and wants a shop of his own. I am reluctant to have him around power tools because of his general health and being prone to accidents and falling. He's handicapped and over 70. We've been scouting around for old hand tools and I'm...

We have a den we seldom use because it's so dark and we built on another huge room we call our retirement room. It's 25' x 25' and we do most of our living here. I would like to lighten up the old den so maybe we will use it more. I want to whitewash the walls or paint them, but my husband won't...

Well, I don't know what he's going to do with them, but we finally ordered my husband's first woodworking hand tools for his retirement workshop. He has been drooling for a year. We ordered 2 pairs of Gramercy classic holdfasts and a 240 mm Harima-Daizo Ryoba Saw. This is Greek to me, but I'm...

We have salmon twice a week. My husband would eat it more than that. I've never heard of cooking it on cedar planks. We're in North Carolina. I think I'm going to scout around for some of these planks and try something different. Thanks for posting this.

I'm thrilled to have found this forum. My husband has just retired and wants to have a woodworking shop. I'm on the fence and want to know more about it. I can't wait to read the forums here.