Home›Woodworking Tools›All Woodworking ToolsBrowse ByAll Woodworking ToolsReference and ClassificationDevelopingHand tools built to cut, shape or smooth wood, the implement set behind this atlas's Wood and Furniture craft subcategories. Belongs here: the hand plane, used to shave and smooth a wood surface, and the lathe, used to turn a wood workpiece against a cutting edge. Does not belong here: tools that shape other materials even by a superficially similar cutting or turning action, such as the potter's wheel, grouped under Ceramics and Pottery Tools.FactsAll Woodworking ToolsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested476,000 BCE 1All Woodworking ToolsFilter Results208 entriesTool FamilyAllWoodworking Chisels and Carving Tools (9)Woodworking Clamps and Vises (13)Woodworking Drilling and Boring Tools (11)Woodworking Fastening and Driving Tools (3)Woodworking Garden and Yard Tools (21)Woodworking Knives and Blades (31)Woodworking Measuring and Marking Tools (22)Woodworking Planes and Shaping Tools (28)Woodworking Power Tools (32)Woodworking Saws (16)Woodworking Sharpening Tools (4)Woodworking Striking Tools (14)Used In CraftAllLeather Crafting (2)Pottery (1)Woodworking (111)Power SourceAllElectric (7)Foot (2)Hand (31)Steam (1)Water (1)Introduced EraAllClassical Antiquity (14)The Ancient Near East and Bronze Age World (4)The Contemporary Period (27)The Early Modern Period (14)The Late Modern Period (41)The Mesolithic Period (9)The Neolithic Period (9)The Paleolithic Period (10)The Post-Classical and Medieval Period (5)ActionAllCut (44)Finish (6)Hold (9)Join (1)Measure (13)Shape (23)Still Made TodayAllNo (1)Yes (18)GroupAllWoodworking Chisels and Carving Tools (9)Woodworking Clamps and Vises (13)Woodworking Drilling and Boring Tools (11)Woodworking Fastening and Driving Tools (3)Woodworking Garden and Yard Tools (21)Woodworking Knives and Blades (31)Woodworking Measuring and Marking Tools (22)Woodworking Planes and Shaping Tools (28)Woodworking Power Tools (32)Woodworking Saws (16)Woodworking Sharpening Tools (4)Woodworking Striking Tools (14)Material WorkedAllGlass (3)Leather (1)Metal (9)Wood (71)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50KnifeWoodworking ToolsLatheWoodworking ToolsLochaber AxeWoodworking ToolsMalletWoodworking ToolsMarking AxeWoodworking ToolsMarking GaugeWoodworking ToolsMarking KnifeWoodworking ToolsMattockWoodworking ToolsMeasuring RodWoodworking ToolsMiter BoxWoodworking ToolsMiter ClampWoodworking ToolsMiter SawWoodworking ToolsMora KnifeWoodworking ToolsMortise GaugeWoodworking ToolsMortiserWoodworking ToolsMoulding PlaneWoodworking ToolsNail GunWoodworking ToolsOscillating Multi-ToolWoodworking ToolsPanel SawWoodworking ToolsPesh-kabzWoodworking ToolsPickaxeWoodworking ToolsPipe ClampWoodworking ToolsPlumb BobWoodworking ToolsPlywood SawWoodworking ToolsPole LatheWoodworking ToolsPost Hole DiggerWoodworking ToolsProfile GaugeWoodworking ToolsPulaskiWoodworking ToolsPump drillWoodworking ToolsPutty KnifeWoodworking ToolsPuukkoWoodworking ToolsRace KnifeWoodworking ToolsRadial Arm SawWoodworking ToolsRake (Tool)Woodworking ToolsRaspWoodworking ToolsRazee PlaneWoodworking ToolsRebate PlaneWoodworking ToolsReciprocating SawWoodworking ToolsRiddle (Tool)Woodworking ToolsRipsawWoodworking ToolsRose Engine LatheWoodworking ToolsRouterWoodworking ToolsRouter PlaneWoodworking ToolsRouter Table (Woodworking)Woodworking ToolsSanderWoodworking ToolsSanding BlockWoodworking ToolsSaw SetWoodworking ToolsSawhorseWoodworking ToolsScratch AwlWoodworking ToolsScratch StockWoodworking Tools← Previous12345Next →Sources1. Woodworking (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationWoodworking, History sectionQuote, Woodworking, History sectionAmong the earliest finds of woodworking are shaped sticks displaying notches from Kalambo Falls in southern Africa, dating to around 476,000 years ago.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.