Tools

The tools and workbenches that taught us to build, fix, and create with our hands.

Patrick O’Neil and the Late-’70s Shed That Smelled Like Sawdust and Motor Oil

Patrick O’Neil remembers his grandfather’s late-1970s backyard shed by its sawdust-and-motor-oil smell and a pegboard wall where every tool hung in perfect order. The projects faded, but the patience behind the teaching never did.