Ceros: A Closer Look
The new sander from Mirka, “CEROS,” is about to change the way many woodworkers sand. This innovative tool brings the look and feel of air-driven sanding to the electric-powered user. [...]
ROTARY INDEX TABLE
THIS IS A MUST FOR ANY WOODWORKER.PLUS ITS ACCURATE ! .IDEAL FOR RADIAL SAW TABLES OR A PEDESTAL RADIAL DRILL OR BENCH DRILL.THIS WAS BOUGHT SECOND HAND FOR £450 . A BARGAIN AS THEY [...]
CABLE REEL CD HOLDER
THE CD HOLDER MADE FROM OLD CABLE REELS. UNIQUE .WASTE NOT WANT NOT. SLOTS FOR CDS WERE CUT USING RADIAL SAW SET UP ON INDEX TABLE.…
On the Level: Two Magazines, One Mission
In my 13 years with this magazine, I’ve never written about the magazine itself. You’ve never had to hear about how we tweaked the fonts, leading and kerning to spiff up our look. All that [...]
The Good Kind of Wedgie
If you ever decide to delve into traditional woodworking, you quickly learn that wedges are your friend. Build chairs? You need to wedge all the joints. Traditional doors? Wedge your [...]
Peart’s Punches for Perfect Square Holes
One of the hallmarks of Greene & Greene-style furniture is the square plug. It’s a detail that shows that the maker is willing to go the extra mile. If you’ve ever made a project [...]
Great Ideas for Clever Woodworkers
I’ve been a woodworker for more than 30 years and I feel pretty good about my abilities to be “creative” in the woodshop, whether it’s a method to glue up a complicated [...]
Thanks Be to Mongo
For this Roubo workbench to work, I’ve got 16 joints that have to come together all at once. There is not an option to glue things up in stages and still guarantee success. As a result, I [...]
Ceros: Woodworking Sander From Heaven
Take a look at the photo above. What do you see? Of course it’s a couple sanders! And I’ll give you that both are made by Mirka, the company that serves up Abranet (our favorite [...]
MITUTOYO DIGITAL VERNIER
THE DIGITAL VERNIER IN MM OR INCHES. MY ONE MAY BE OLD NOW BUT ITS STILL ACCURATE TO PLUS OR MINUS 1 THOUSANTS OF AN INCH.THERE ARE OTHER DIGITAL VERNIERS/CALIPERS ON THE MARKET CHEAPER THAN THE [...]
Mortises and Tenons and Telephones
If you’ve been trying to reach me during the last few weeks, I apologize. The answers to your questions are: 1. Almost any species of wood will do fine for your workbench. 2. There is no [...]
Tool News – M.Power Tools Combination 3D Square
M.Power Tools recently announced their Combination 3D Square (C3D). The C3D (available in stores June 1) is a precision hybrid, a genuine alternative that covers the functions of combination or [...]