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Bosch Colt Router Plunge Base Video Tool Test

Robert W. Lang — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:56:03 +0000

In the April issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, we test the plunge base for the Bosch Colt router. In this video, I show some of the features of this long-awaited base, and give some tips for using a router to make mortises. With a good fence on the router and a few clamps, you can … Read more »

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Tool Test: Powermatic PM1500 Band Saw

Article Index — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:11:00 +0000

Just about every feature of this 15" band saw is impressive.By Steve Shanesy Page 12Video: Watch a demo of the PM1500. Read more »

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Tool Test: Hock Tools Scratch Stock

Article Index — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:04:49 +0000

By Megan Fitzpatrick Page 14A scratch stock is a simple tool – sort of a combination of a scraper and a moulding plane – for scratching in a profile (typically a bead or other simple shape). And while it’s fairly easy to make a scratch stock out of scrap wood and a piece of thin steel (such as an old sawplate), Hock Tools offers a solid and relatively inexpensive alternative made out of tough bamboo plywood, with edges that are eased for comfort.Video: Watch our video on using the Hock scratch stock – Coming soon. Read more »

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Tool Test: Bosch Trim Router Plunge Base

Article Index — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:48:28 +0000

By Robert W. Lang Page 14In 2005, Bosch introduced a new laminate trimmer that eventually became know as the Colt. Powerful and user-friendly, it quickly became a favorite in our shop and in shops across the country. At the time, I suggested to Bosch that they needed to make a plunge base for it.Video: Watch our video on using the Bosch plunge base with the Colt router – Coming soon. Read more »

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Tool Test: Hock Tools Scratch Stock

Article Index — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:07:49 +0000

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Tool Test: Powermatic PM1500 Band Saw

Article Index — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:03:55 +0000

Just about every feature of this 15″ band saw is impressive. By Steve Shanesy Page 12 Powermatic’s new 15″ band saw is quite a package: good looking, heavy-duty in every way and packed with features. The fit and finish make a strong first impression. The paintwork is excellent, parts fits well and the chromed handwheels … Read more »

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Tool Test: Micro Fence Micro Plunge Base

Article Index — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:35:47 +0000

By Steve Shanesy Page 16 In the world of routers and routing accessories, it seems that small is big these days. The popularity of trim routers has been growing for some time; in fact, it’s now been a couple years since we praised Micro Fence’s plunge router base for the Bosch Colt, and we recently … Read more »

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Tool Test: Blue Spruce Firmer Chisels

Article Index — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:24:17 +0000

These traditional tools are a throwback for a thoroughly modern maker. By Christopher Schwarz Page 14 Perhaps the last tools I ever expected to come out of the Blue Spruce Toolworks are the most traditional set of modern bench chisels I have ever used. After all, Dave Jeske of Blue Spruce has spent all of … Read more »

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Tool Test: Veritas ‘Workshop Striking Knife’

Article Index — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:07:58 +0000

By Megan Fitzpatrick Page 16Spear-point marking knives are my favorite marking knives because they’re a good all-around choice for most layout tasks in the shop. Because a spear-point knife has two bevels and a flat back, it can easily register against a guide on either the right or left side – very handy when marking dovetails. And the flat back means you don’t have to rotate the tool to use it up against a guide (as you do with an X-Acto knife); that means you can sneak a thin spear-point into the smallest of spaces.Article: Read our article of spear-point marking knives. Read more »

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Gramercy Holdfasts-the Real Story

Robert W. Lang — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:15:41 +0000

Way back in 2005, I wrote an article for issue #4 of Woodworking Magazine about holdfasts. At the time, very few woodworkers knew what a holdfast was, and the article reviewed available manufactured holdfasts, as well as a few blacksmith made ones. We recently put the original holdfast article online, and included a link to … Read more »

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