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Could This Tool Change Everything?

epirnik, member | April 1st, 2011115 comments

Find out why this new prototype tool just might prove to be the safety revolution we've all been waiting for.

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Milwaukee Tools Boost Their Battery Power

Tom, member | March 31st, 20117 comments

12-volt and 18-volt tool lines to get the new batteries

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Jet's New Spin on Dust Collection: The Vortex Cone

Tom, member | March 24th, 20112 comments

Jet puts a new spin on single-stage dust collectors with its Vortex Cone Technology. It will be available on several Jet 1-1/2 hp and 2 hp dust collectors, starting April 4.

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A Toolkit from Grandpa

Tom, member | March 23rd, 20114 comments

Iowa woodworker assembles a practical tool collection for his grandchildren, with lots of love tossed in

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Charrette Farms Wood Shop

Brinks, member | March 22nd, 201110 comments

After a 33-year hiatus of woodworking, we bought a farm several of years ago. The first two years were spent working on a dirt floor making cabinets and furniture for the original 1926...

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BRONZE SMOOTHER WITH COCOBOLO INFILL

joefree777, member | March 20th, 20111 comment

This plane is a bronze casting that I did the clean up and infilled with cocobolo. You can get these as kits but I wanted to do my own design and some details that would make it different. I have...

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Simple Solution to a Potential Shop Hazard: The SafetyGate Outlet Adapter

Tom, member | March 8th, 20114 comments

If you’ve ever lost electricity while using a power tool, you know how startling it can be when power comes back and the tool starts up because you forgot to turn it off after the outage. Most...

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A Lean, Mean Sanding Machine: Festool's New Combination ROS/Detail Sander

Tom, member | March 1st, 201117 comments

Festool's newest Rotex sander looks to be a little dynamo

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Tools Cabinet

jvelez, member | February 15th, 2011

Nice tools cabinet made of Maple and Cedar. Assembly is dented for the case and drawers, no metals but the piano hinges and pulls. finish with oil Arm R Seal.

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Infill Smoothing Plane

ccb1982, member | February 14th, 20116 comments

This plane took me almost 2 months to build. The sides are 3/16 brass and the sole is 1/4" steel. They are connected by double dovetails which are peened together to produce a strong joint. The...

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Baby planes

Vlad_S, member | January 28th, 20115 comments

A look at an instrument maker's standby, and some ideas for using them in furniture making

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Laguna Goes Retail: Woodcraft, Rockler, and Laguna equal happy bedfellows

Vlad_S, member | January 14th, 20113 comments

You can now buy Laguna machines from Rockler and Woodcraft. Laguna's agreement with Rockler is a first step in the retail direction for the company; Woodcraft also now carries Laguna bandsaws, and more U.S. retail presence is sure to follow for the tool manufacturer.

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Hand Screw

Paisarn, member | January 12th, 20112 comments

Hand Screw made from Thai Red Wood

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Feels good to be back at Colonial Williamsburg's hand tool conference

AsaC, member | January 12th, 2011

FWW co-sponsors a wonderful event,"Working Wood in the 18th Century," every year at Colonial Williamsburg. The presenters started bending and cutting wood right away this year.

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Barn Oak Mallet

Dashiell, member | January 11th, 20112 comments

Mallet made of oak from a 200 year old dismantled barn. Dimentions of the head are 6 1/2"x4"x3". Handle is 7" long and secured with a wedged through-tenon. Weight is approxomately 2...

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Power surface planers for the Japanese tool lover in you

Vlad_S, member | December 10th, 20103 comments

Love Japanese planes? Do you use power tools as well? Ditto for FW associate editor Vlad Smishkewych--a recent trip to the magazine archives and a quick jaunt on YouTube reminded him of some great, wacky tools that are still out there.

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Cutting Gauge and Bowsaw

sdbranam, member | December 6th, 2010

The gauge is based on Dean Jansa's copy of one in the Seaton tool chest. The design was a pin marking gauge, but I decided to make a cutting gauge after seeing how smoothly they work. The bowsaw is...

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Grizzly's Polar Line Freezes High Tool Prices--For Now

Tom, member | December 2nd, 20103 comments

Last summer Grizzly Tools introduced a new tool line, the Polar Bear Series. For the most part, it looks like the company simply took some machines from their existing line-up and changed the paint...

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Restrained

Czappa, member | November 25th, 20105 comments

This is an artwork using an old hand drill. It is incased in layers of plywood with mahogony venier on top and mahogony for the base. It is about the economy and people not having enough work or...

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