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Editor’s note: Because it’s “Workbench Week Internazionale” I decided to tie up a loose end from my book: “Workbenches: from Blah, blah blah to Yadda yadda [...]

Matt Vanderlist has just posted a podcast of a conversation he and I had last week. I hesitate to call it an interview because it sounds a lot like us...

Early American Life magazine honored me by including me in the 2008 Directory of Traditional American Craftsmen. I also snuck past the judges in 2005. The name of the directory...

Tips for Tool Storage Organize your shop with these weekend projects. By Tom Caspar Clamp Warehouse Hang your long, heavy clamps on this rack designed for strength. The braces are...

Miter Plunging Biscuit Joiner My biscuit joiner fence does not rotate to 135 degrees, and that is one of my most-often-made joints. To help hold the joiner steady, I add...

  Machine Floor Locks Anyone with a machine on wheels— especially a tablesaw or planer— understands the necessity of locking it in place before using it. I use a pair...

Feature-Rich, Powerful and Ergonomically Smart Festool set the bar high when it set out to develop the new OF2200 plunge router. An initial look at the machine suggests they made...

If you were charmed by Harrelson Stanley’s Japanese workbench, then here is another variant for you that was built by Russ Merz of Cincinnati, Ohio. Merz built this bench about...

Woodworker James Oliver has built a massive workbench with French lines (tree trunk legs), English-style workholding (a twin-screw face vise) and some modern practicality (a quick-release vise in [...]

Many readers were interested in Bill Liebold’s sliding leg vise, which he installed on his Roubo-meets-Dominy-style workbench (I’m just going to call this form the “Bill [...]

My take on dovetail angles might appear to be strange, but I have solid reasons for my choice , if I do say so myself. Here goes. Dovetail angles are...

Lee Valley Tools sent out a new product release for a guide used for cutting dovetails. It’s not really a new guide, but a new angle for the guide. The...