Letters
Shop-made Vortex Dust Collector Woks On
From the August 2011 issue #191 Buy this issue now In April 2011, I blogged about a new dust collector from JET (read it here). I also wrote about the new collector design in the August 2011 (issue #191) “Tool Test” column (download a copy here). The company hung a cone-shaped device in the housing Continue reading»
An Unprofitable Morning
After last weekend's orgy of tools, woodworking and back-breaking workbench moving at Woodworking in America, I decided to take a break today and buy some tools and old woodworking books , and move a huge metallic garden bench. This morning I woke up at 5 a.m. and headed down to Louisville, Ky., with Megan Fitzpatrick Continue reading»
SketchUp for Woodworkers: Review and FAQ
Last week we released the first of two SketchUp "Shop Classes" in the BookShop. In the first class, "SketchUp for Woodworkers Part 1: Getting Started," Robert W. Lang teaches you the essential techniques to use SketchUp for a variety of woodworking applications. Many have already purchased the on-demand video download and others have ordered the Continue reading»
Dirty Words in Popular Woodworking Magazine
Reader Herb Wofford writes: With the downturn in the economy and prices going up I have been considering which woodworking magazine(s) I will have to for go. Until the latest issue, Popular Woodworking Magazine was not being considered, but now I will not renew my subscription. Personally, I take offense to language that I consider Continue reading»
Error in Cutting Lists
Gordon Humphrey writes: As (you are) past-editor of Woodworking Magazine (which I am more than a little sorry to see disappear), and still editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine and designer of the sideboard on the cover of the Summer 2009 issue of Woodworking Magazine (the featured project of that issue), I wish to call you Continue reading»
Should You Make a Cheap Bench First?
Question: I was planning to make a. . .good, fast, cheap workbench, as I think Bob Key called his design some years ago: fir or pine legs and top, Record face vise, and. . .well, some sort of end vise. Then, after I used it for a year or two, make another bench with hardwood, Continue reading»
What Happened to the New Stanley Chisels?
Question: Any news on the "premium" Stanley Chisels you reported on in 2008? I use a pair of Everlasts everyday on site and in the shop that were handed down from my uncle. There are were four in the set but he managed to break two of the blades. Well, he was a fine mason Continue reading»
