Popular Woodworking Magazine » Routers http://www.popularwoodworking.com Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Woodworking is What You Make Ithttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/woodworking-is-what-you-make-it http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/woodworking-is-what-you-make-it#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:30:36 +0000 Glen D. Huey http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=260688
Woodworking is What You Make It

Woodworking is not a difficult endeavor. It’s not, really. It is woodworkers that make it difficult. Over-thinking and sweating the small stuff causes us to pause, or even stop. It’s better to get out in the shop and make something – anything – happen. Just recently, in a comment posted to my personal blog site, … Read more »

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Your Guide to Router Collets

How a Collet Works • A collet is the steel sleeve that holds a router bit in a router. The collet works with the router shaft (connected directly to the motor) and the collet nut.   • Collets are machined to perfectly mate with the tapered recess in the end of the shaft and to … Read more »

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Hand Tools, Routers, Japanese Joinery and More – New on DVD

From mastering hand tools to router basics, 18th-century joinery to Japanese hand tools and joinery, you’ll find it all among the five new DVD selections now available  to order at ShopWoodworking.com (and four of them are on “pre-sale” which means you save 20 percent if you order before the DVDs arrive in the warehouse). “Handsaws: … Read more »

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How Hand Tools Made Me a Better Power-tool Woodworker

This weekend I built a contemporary lamp for the August 2011 issue of the magazine that was all-electrons, all the time. It has been a while since I have worked this way – usually my mode is to use machines for the heavy lifting and hand tools for the details. And I was surprised by … Read more »

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