Two First Names · One Workshop
Giving old
tools a
second life.
Vintage hand planes, wooden-handled screwdrivers, and forgotten workshop finds — documented, restored, and preserved.
Two First Names · One Workshop
Vintage hand planes, wooden-handled screwdrivers, and forgotten workshop finds — documented, restored, and preserved.
I'm Mark Todd — yes, two first names. I work in technology by day, and apparently spend my evenings and weekends on eBay arguing with myself about whether a rusty screwdriver counts as a "good deal."
I'm genuinely new to this. I don't have a workshop full of heirloom chisels passed down through generations. I have a garage, some sandpaper, a bottle of Fiebing's leather dye I bought on a whim, and a growing conviction that old tools deserve better than a landfill.
The Todd·Mark is where I document what I'm learning — the techniques that worked, the ones that didn't, and the occasional tool that turns out to be worth far more time than it cost. If you're also just starting out, or you've been doing this for decades and want to cringe at my methods, you're equally welcome here.
My current obsessions are Stanley Bailey hand planes and vintage wooden-handled mechanic's tools. Ask me about oxalic acid at your own risk.