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    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:31:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mystery of the Marking Gauge</title>
      <link>http://www.popularwoodworking.com//article/?p_ArticleId=15571</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Many commercial gauges are missing excellent features found on traditional versions.<br />]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Best New Tools of 2008</title>
      <link>http://www.popularwoodworking.com//article/?p_ArticleId=14639</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Our 2008 crop of Best New Tools includes a dozen offerings that are unique, innovative or look at an old tool in a whole new way (or sometimes all three).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Domino System From Festool</title>
      <link>http://www.popularwoodworking.com//article/?p_ArticleId=13556</link>
      <description><![CDATA[We test-drive the new loose-tenon joinery system from Festool]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>18v Lithium-ion Drills Test</title>
      <link>http://www.popularwoodworking.com//article/?p_ArticleId=15653</link>
      <description><![CDATA[We test more powerful, less weighty designs that are powered by new battery technology.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Understanding Bench Planes</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bench planes come in a wide range of lengths and widths. Do you need them all? Which ones are most useful? And if you only had to buy one....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A Close Look at the Veritas Premium Block Plane</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The unveiling of two new Veritas block planes this week has thrilled some customers with their sleek design, and confused others. Is Veritas &ndash; a company historically focused on function more than form &ndash; changing its course with these new planes?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>SawStop Contractor Saw: Assembly</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Recently, SawStop introduced a contractor saw. As I assembled this new machine in the Popular Woodworking shop, I thought a few photos and some first impressions I had during the process would be of interest.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tools for Woodwork</title>
      <link>http://www.popularwoodworking.com//article/?p_ArticleId=13906</link>
      <description><![CDATA[What hand and power tools does the serious beginner need? Here&rsquo;s our best list.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Veritas Rethinks the Dovetail Saw</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The new Veritas dovetail saw is half the price of premium Western saws and has a decidedly modern look. We take the tool for a test drive.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Plunge-cut Saws</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With three plunge-cut saws on the U.S. market (two fo them are new), how do you know which one is the best? We put all of them through their paces, and share the results.<br />]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>SawStop’s Contractor Saw – At Last</title>
      <link>http://www.popularwoodworking.com//article/?p_ArticleId=14990</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In our February 2009 Tool Test, we review SawStop's newest offering &ndash; a contractor saw that's&nbsp; priced well below the cabinet saw price, but with all the safety features SawStop has become known for.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Almost a Plane Wreck</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The perilous flight of the world&rsquo;s most valuable tool.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sliding-head Scratch Stock</title>
      <link>http://www.popularwoodworking.com//article/?p_ArticleId=13599</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Learn to build this tool that travels where no electric router can go. Two fences let you position the cutter and keep the bead’s quirk in line.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Understanding Western Backsaws</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Westen backsaw has almost vanished. But a few toolmakers are trying to turn back the clock to when this saw was in every toolbox.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tool Test - The New Delta Unisaw</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Delta re-invents its flagship table saw with great success. Here's our review.<br />]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Best New Tools of 2007</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Our staff's entirely opinionated and biased list of the best new equipment. We picked our 15 favorite tools and tell you why they might belong in your shop.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A Sawing Contest (And Other Odd Stories)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Editor Christopher Schwarz gets trounced in a handsawing contest, but does OK in the planing competition at a recent hand-tool event sponsored by Lie-Nielsen Toolworks.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>VIDEO - Behind a Miter Saw Tool Test</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Senior Editor Robert W. Lang gives us a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into a Tool Test for our December issue of <em>Popular Woodworking.</em>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What You Don't Know About European Saws</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Because of their unfamiliar features, unusual appearance and higher price tag, many Americans don’t even consider buying a European saw. Here’s why they should.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Case for Combo Machines</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Given our admiration of European tools, it has long puzzled me why more Americans haven&rsquo;t adopted one of the most common fixtures of European shops, the combination machine.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Scrapwood Scraper Plane</title>
      <link>http://www.popularwoodworking.com//article/?p_ArticleId=13516</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Using off-the-rack hardware and scraps, you can build an excellent scraping plane.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DeWalt Enters the U.S. Tracksaw Market</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DeWalt enters the tracksaw market with both corded and cordless plunge saws.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>First Photos of the New Delta Unisaw</title>
      <link>http://www.popularwoodworking.com//article/?p_ArticleId=13622</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Delta unveils its new made-in-the-USA Unisaw.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A Review of Pleasant Hill Shaker Furniture</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Glen Huey reviews the new book "Pleasant Hill Shaker Furniture" by Kerry Pierce. This book is the first to explore the furniture of this Kentucky community in depth and the first new collection of shop drawings of Shaker furniture in years.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New Tools From IWF 2008</title>
      <link>http://www.popularwoodworking.com//article/?p_ArticleId=13724</link>
      <description><![CDATA[From the press room of the Georgia World Congress Center and our hotel's lobby, we bring you the best news about all the new tools featured at the 2008 International Woodworking Festival in Atlanta, Ga.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>VIDEO - Roy Underhill Contemplates The Ax</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[One of the highlights of the Woodworking in America conference in November 2008 was Roy Underhill's keynote address. Underhill, the hero to many hand-tool woodworkers, touched on a lot of subjects. But one of the best parts of the speech was about his own personal history with the ax.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>18th-century Tools for Every Shop</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Often, the old ways of working can be more efficient, especially for large stock or one-off operations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ron Brese: From Sheet Metal to Sweet Metal</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Meet planemaker Ron Brese, a diehard furniture builder who has started making infill handplanes using a unique construction method that lowers the lofty cost of these thoroughbred tools.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>VIDEO - Incredible Forstner Bits</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The new German-made Colt MaxiCut Forstner bits are among our Best New Tools of 2008 &ndash; and this video will show you why. Watch as we cut cleanly &ndash; and incredibly quickly &ndash; through the hardest stock with no clogging or burning.<br />
<em>Editor's Note: These bits are not yet available in the United States, but we're told they will be available this fall in woodworking specialty stores and catalogs.</em>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Blue Spruce Toolworks</title>
      <link>http://www.popularwoodworking.com//article/?p_ArticleId=14765</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An engineer turns his understanding of metal and a love of woodworking into a busy tool-making enterprise.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Inheritance</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[My family's approach to passing on heirlooms can only be described as unique.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What You Must Know About Motors</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The first thing to understand is that there are two kinds of motors that power almost all of the machinery in a home workshop: induction motors and universal motors.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Understand Honing Guides</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Honing guides are not a one-size-fits-all affair. We examine the weaknesses and strengths of four popular models.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Benjamin Seaton's Saws</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[One man’s career choice in the 18th century drives a 21st-century woodworker into a saw obsession.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hand Tools for $100</title>
      <link>http://www.popularwoodworking.com//article/?p_ArticleId=13528</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Beginning woodworkers have it bad when it comes to buying their first hand tools.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Mystery of Holdfasts</title>
      <link>http://www.popularwoodworking.com//article/?p_ArticleId=13736</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This old method of holding work is one of the best. We tell you which holdfasts work and which don&rsquo;t. But figuring out &lsquo;why&rsquo; is more difficult.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Secret to Handscrapers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The first time I saw a hand scraper in use I was sure some form of magic was involved.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Sindelar Tool Collection</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After collecting tens of thousands of tools, cabinetmaker John Sindelar is ready to show them off in a museum.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Handmade Hardware</title>
      <link>http://www.popularwoodworking.com//article/?p_ArticleId=13525</link>
      <description><![CDATA[For woodworkers today, using traditional joinery is an expression of skill and nostalgia, a demonstration of the mastery of techniques practiced every day two centuries earlier.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Introduction to Handplanes</title>
      <link>http://www.popularwoodworking.com//article/?p_ArticleId=13522</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Not many folks will use only hand planes to thickness plane rough stock. It’s my choice and I stick with it because I like it, and therapy sessions to get over it are too expensive. Still, there are a lot of uses for hand tools even in a powered-up shop.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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