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The article features several home improvement tools which include portable table shaw, Collins springs clamps, and chisels.

The article evaluates several chisels which are effective for woodwork including one from the firm Two Cherries, another from the company Stubai Tools, and one from Flexcut Tool Co.

The author presents 12 ways to add texture to woodworking tools. He states that a belt sander will smoothen the sides of old nails to create a clean round hole. The author notes that cross-grain work can be improved by sharpened cold chisels. He mentions that the wood surface must be touched by the tip of a pyrography pen upon adjustment of temperature.

The article offers information on the various types of chisels to build furniture. It mentions Japanese chisel in which the body of the tool is made up of soft steel and the back is made of hard, high carbon steel. It notes Mortising chisel which has a trapezoid body from front to back of the blade.

The article evaluates several types of bevel-edged chisels including tang-style, butt chisels, and socket chisels.

The article presents an interview with furniture maker Steven Kennard. Topics discussed include his interests like music and performance photography, his inclination with tools such as low-angle block plane, QR Glaser woodturning tools and bevel-edged chisel, and his fascination with curves and geometric figures. Also presented are some of his quotes on woodworks.

The author discusses improved success in carving through tuned and sharpened chisels. He states that moderate force is required for a sharp chisel to shear its way into the wood without coming up out of the cut. The author notes that chromium oxide which is suspended in a bar of waxy material is effective to charge a grinding wheel.

The article discusses the release of the bench chisels from Lee Valley Tools Ltd.

Two letters to the editor and a response are presented in response to the article regarding chisel that was published in the August/September 2012 issue, and the wonderful product listing of the journal in the August/September 2012 issue.

The article evaluates the Sweetheart chisels from Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

The article offers the author's insights regarding his evaluation of Peugeot bevel-edged chisels using Japanese water stones.

Corrections to articles on the appropriate measurement of a divider on a small window, a photograph depicting a gouge and on the price of a pin-type meters that were published in the previous issue are presented.