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Tools for Working Wood That sawdust won't make itself. Welcome! We have both an online store and a brick and mortar location smack dab in the middle of beautiful Brooklyn, New York.

Founded in 1999, we carry a quality selection of fine woodworking tools, Festool, and manufacture our very own tool lines: Gramercy Tools and Brooklyn Tool and Craft. Come and visit us at our showroom at 112 26th street Brooklyn, NY 11232 or online at www.toolsforworkingwood.com

Stay tuned for classes being added to our schedule and for upcoming events!

Central Park is one of those places that reminds you what's possible when craft and vision come together on a grand scal...
10/07/2026

Central Park is one of those places that reminds you what's possible when craft and vision come together on a grand scale. And the park isn’t just bikers and Shakespeare in the Park - its northern part includes a formal European garden and hilly, wooded sections that Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted designed to feel wild and rustic, even though you're never more than 1,200 feet from a Manhattan streetscape. The Victorian rustic style up there is something special — stone staircases, tucked-away waterfalls, winding paths, and rustic wooden furniture that feels right at home in the landscape. Joel’s latest blog post also reflects on how the park came into being in the 1850s — with vision, labor, and yes, plenty of corruption — but ultimately produced something of lasting beauty for everyone. It's a reminder that craft and care, whether in a hand-built fence or a landscaped park, create things that endure.
For more info and pictures link to the full blog in the Bio.

Strict licensing protects the title of “master craftsperson” in Germany - and the tools reflect this rigor. Two Cherries...
10/02/2026

Strict licensing protects the title of “master craftsperson” in Germany - and the tools reflect this rigor. Two Cherries bevel edge chisels are a product of that tradition. Mirror-polished all over (yes, it's gorgeous overkill), with flat backs that make sharpening a pleasure right out of the box. The steel is exceptional and holds an edge beautifully. And the handles, made of hornbeam (a dense European hardwood that's one of the best handle materials on the planet) protected by double hoops, look beautiful and can take mallet swings without cracking. Available in sizes from 2mm all the way up to 50mm, individually or in sets. Whether you're cleaning out dovetails with a narrow chisel or paring a wide tenon cheek, there's a size that fits the work.

We're back from Handworks, excited about seeing old friends and meeting new ones. The show's celebration of hand tools c...
09/30/2026

We're back from Handworks, excited about seeing old friends and meeting new ones. The show's celebration of hand tools celebrates work that is Powered by You - a spirit also celebrated in our new "Powered By You" T-shirt, designed by TFWW's Alyson and highlighting the Gramercy Tools Folding Treadle Lathe. Read more, along the latest update about the lathe by clicking the link to Joel's Blog in the Bio.

09/18/2026

It's Festool fest with all the new tools today from 12:00 to 3:00 and tomorrow September 19th also from 12:00 to 3:00. It's a chance to see and play with the new Festool tools and all our other stuff with stock including Osmo finishes and of course the Gramercy tools treadle lathe. We're also not typically open on Saturday so this is a chance to visit. We also will have snacks.

09/18/2026

Festool Fest at TFWW. Today Friday September 18th and tomorrow Saturday the 19th from 12:00 to 3:00. We are normally not open on Saturday but we are tomorrow. We're also open for Hand tools, Osmo, and we also have our treadle lathe setup.

Why do we reach for hand tools when power tools are faster? Why use a fountain pen when a ballpoint is more convenient (...
09/17/2026

Why do we reach for hand tools when power tools are faster? Why use a fountain pen when a ballpoint is more convenient (and typing more convenient still)? Why shoot film when digital is free? It comes down to intention. Joel's latest blog explores this idea through a conversation with plane maker Konrad Sauer, who drove his 1981 Porsche 911 to the Handworks show in Amana this year. It's not a trivial car to drive - you have to listen, feel, shift, and actively participate in the act of getting somewhere. As Konrad puts it: "Using manual things - cameras, manual transmission cars, fountain pens, hand tools - they force us to take a deep breath and slow down. The stakes are higher. It requires careful thought and deliberate action. Developing the skill of being deliberate crosses multiple platforms… Driving an old manual car helps me use a manual camera which helps me make and use handplanes." The process of coupling thought with action is deeply satisfying, and practicing it in one area makes you sharper in every other. For the complete blog with more photos please click the link to Joel's Blog in the Bio.

Konrad Sauer

If you've never used a drawknife, you're missing one of the most satisfying experiences in woodworking. Pull the blade t...
09/10/2026

If you've never used a drawknife, you're missing one of the most satisfying experiences in woodworking. Pull the blade toward you, and a long curl of wood peels away - fast, controlled, and surprisingly precise. Ray Iles makes an exemplary drawknife in Lincolnshire, England, from traditional carbon steel that takes and holds a wicked edge. The beech handles are finished in linseed oil for a secure, comfortable grip. Chairmakers swear by them for shaping spindles and stretchers. Green woodworkers use them on everything from spoon blanks to shingles. Two sizes available - a 6" blade and an 8" blade. Both come ground sharp from the forge, with final honing left to you.

Next week we're heading to the best hand tool show in the world —Handworks! Join us Friday, Sept. 4th and Saturday, Sept...
08/26/2026

Next week we're heading to the best hand tool show in the world —Handworks! Join us Friday, Sept. 4th and Saturday, Sept. 5th, 10am–5pm both days in Amana, Iowa. Admission is free. If you were at the last one, you might remember we brought our prototype folding treadle lathe. Well, this year we'll have lathes for sale, along with plenty of other goodies. But the best part is meeting you. The energy at Handworks is unlike anything else — people who love working with their hands, gathering together, geeking out over beautifully made tools, and sharing stories. This week Joel's blog features some photos from the last Handworks. Link to Blog in Bio.

Hand saws can cut square, but they can't cut glass smooth - and that's where a shooting board and plane come in. The Sta...
08/20/2026

Hand saws can cut square, but they can't cut glass smooth - and that's where a shooting board and plane come in. The Stanley No. 52 Chute Board and Plane, a beautifully machined tool manufactured between 1905 and 1943, is one of Stanley's more obscure tools but offers many joys - dead accuracy, comfortable slanted handle, beautifully machined surfaces, with positive locking of all the clamps. Click the link to Joel's Blog in the Bio to learn more.

Our Brooklyn showroom - really just the front of our warehouse- hosts woodworkers from all over the world. But when most...
08/13/2026

Our Brooklyn showroom - really just the front of our warehouse- hosts woodworkers from all over the world. But when most of them fly into the area, they aren’t in a V formation. These memorable recent visitors waddled in one hot day and didn’t allow an obvious barrier to fine woodworking - having webbed flippers instead of fingers - get in the way of checking out the goods. A report on their visit, along with a Gramercy Tools Folding Treadle Lathe, is in this week’s Joel’s Blog (click the link to Joel's Blog in the Bio)

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
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