When puzzles were first invented, they were made out of wood, and carpenters used jigsaws to cut the pieces (which explains how they got their name). Perhaps that’s why it feels so good when you put a ...

What’s even better is they come in a variety of different styles and designs once put together. Whether you want the finished product to reflect your favorite franchise, game, artwork, or a piece of ...

In 1760, John Spilsbury, apprenticed to a map maker and engraver in Worcester, set about mounting maps of England onto sheets of thin wood and then cutting around the county boundaries with a fretsaw.

In upstate New York, two algorithmic artists make wooden puzzles inspired by natural forms. By Siobhan Roberts PALENVILLE, N.Y. — On a meandering mushroom hunt at North-South Lake in the Catskill ...

I am bereft. Each time I pass my kitchen table, emptiness assails me. Flowers, salt, pepper – all the usual clutter are there – but no jigsaw. I am happiest when there is a 1,000-piecer half-done, ...

Versatile and powerful, a quality jigsaw can help you manage tight curves and make other useful cuts. We rounded up a few of ...

This Christmas brought with it an underwhelming array of gifts that I seem to have received every year since the birth of Jesus Christ himself; socks by the score, multipacks of pants from M&S and, as ...

Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, advice and interior inspiration Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, and interior inspiration Most jigsaw tools can best be described as ...