Tool Test: Makita 18-volt Drill-Driver is Lightweight
By Glen D. Huey Page: 29 From the April 2007 issue #161 Buy this issue now At just more than 3.5 pounds the Makita 18-volt 1/2″ Compact Cordless Drill-driver (BDF452) is 25 percent lighter [...]
Tool Test: The Domino DF 500 Q Changes the Rules of Woodworking Joinery
By Christopher Schwarz Page: 28 From the April 2007 issue #161 Buy this issue now When it comes to joinery, you have two basic kinds. On one hand you have the traditional, strong and [...]
Woodworking Essentials: Setting Up Shop – Small Tool Organization
By Scott Gibson Pages: 45-52 From the February 2007 issue #160 Buy this issue now ?Many of us plan our workshops around big things – workbenches, table saws, planers and jointers. It’s a [...]
A Visit with Don Williams at the Smithsonian
Last week, I had the inestimable pleasure of spending a few hours with Don Williams, senior furniture conservator for the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) at the [...]
Tool Test: Infinity Router-Bit Set
By Glen D. Huey Page: 28 From the February 2007 issue #160 Buy this issue now How do you accurately test a seven-piece professional set of Infinity router bits? Let’s face it, you could spend [...]
Tool Test: Veritas Scraper Shave
By Christopher Schwarz Page: 28 From the February 2007 issue #160 Buy this issue now One of the things I love about chairmaking is also one of the things I hate about chairmaking: You have to [...]
Tool Test: Gramercy Rasps
By Robert W. Lang Page: 28 From the February 2007 issue #160 Buy this issue now A good rasp is a simple tool that performs a multitude of tasks: tweaking the fit of a mortise and tenon, rounding [...]
Tool Test: Steel City Tool Works Table Saw – the Newest Kid on the Block
By Robert W. Lang Page 26 From the February 2007 issue #160 Buy this issue now Most woodworkers dream of having a large cabinet saw as the main machine in their shop. The reality is that in many [...]
Change My Hat
This week I have a different job at Popular Woodworking Magazine. For Monday and Tuesday, I hang my editor hat on the rack and put on a hat that allows me to work in the film studio. What are …
Out of the Woodwork: Sharpeners’ Anonymous
A 12-step program for regrowing forearm hair. By Jeff Skiver Page: 88 From the December 2008 Issue #173 Buy this issue now I head through the main doors, down the stairs to the basement, arriving [...]
Best New Tools: 2008
By the Popular Woodworking Editorial Staff Pages: 55-59 From the December 2008 Issue #173 Buy this issue now Before I started working at this magazine, I saw tools as things that came in boxes. [...]
