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Read about woodworking hand tools and power tools in the articles from Popular Woodworking Magazine.
Favorite New Tools of 2011
So, with hours to go before the year ends (at least in my time zone), I've one more post for 2011: some of Popular Woodworking Magazine's favorite new tools for 2011. Caveat: Because most of us have been out of the office over the holidays, the following were chosen by me, Steve Shanesy, Christopher Schwarz Continue reading»
Tool Test: BLOKKZ Universal Clamping Blocks
By Steve Shanesy
Page: 16
From the February 2012 issue #195.
Buy the issue now.
I’ve made dozens of clamping cauls over the years to address the wide variety of oddball clamping conditions we run into in the shop. Some were simple and quick to make; others took more time.
Some worked perfectly; others just got me through.
VIDEO: See these clamps in action.
New Festool ZOBO Forstner-style Drill Bits
Festool has recently added a set of aggressive-cutting Forstner-style drill bits that have a new twist – a twist drill to be specific. Yes, these bits feature three interchangeable centers for various applications. You get the normal, shorter point, a longer point to assist in starting angled holes and a twist-drill bit center. You'll see Continue reading»
New (to the USA) Source for Hand-cut Rasps
In a recent post, I talked about using rasps and in a response to one of the comments, I mentioned that I was watching my mailbox for the arrival of a package from France. Yesterday the box arrived, containing two hand stitched rasps from Liogier. Until about a month ago, I wasn't aware that this Continue reading»
Itty Bitty Router Plane & New Gent's Saws from Veritas
The first thing I did this morning was polish the blade on the Veritas Miniature Router Plane and try it out on a hinge mortise (the pre-dawn use explains the mood lighting in the pictures). As advertised, the wee router plane works like its larger sibling. In practical use, it's best-suited for the smallest of Continue reading»
Sawing Particleboard and Plywood
Precision cutting with a hand-held circular saw. I’d like to know who it was that decided that plywood was best sold in 4-foot by 8-foot sheets. I’ve always thought that it was a practical joke in questionable taste to take such a wonderfully useful woodworking material and manufacture it in sheets that are bigger than Continue reading»
Senco 15-gauge Cordless Nailer
Before Senco sent us the 18-gauge cordless brad nailer that I tested for the November 2011 issue, they sent us a 15-gauge cordless finish nailer, the FN65DA. The 15-gauge angled nailer is really too big for typical use by a furniture maker, but we wanted to test it out to see if it was worth Continue reading»
