A Devil of a Spade Bit?

Spade bits are not necessarily the first drill bits you look toward when drilling holes while woodworking, but we all have a few sizes at hand. I generally turn to...

SawStop Contractor Saw: Assembly

If there’s a tool out in the woodworking arena that garners more attention these days than SawStop, someone please bring it to my attention. I see scads of responses on...

Finishing Walnut

Few woodworkers consider topcoat tinting, but adding a couple drops of aniline dye imparts a pleasing antique appearance to walnut.

Bosch’s PS50 Multi-X

One of the things I’ve found pertinent to unearthing tools that might be introduced to the U.S. market, is to discover what’s available in Europe. It seems that European woodworkers...

Tool Test: Final Cut Saw Blades

Combination tools are invading the woodworking area. Last year at AWFS, Jet Tools and Grizzly Industrial introduced jointer/planer machines. At the most recent IWF in Atlanta, Grizzly unleashed a [...]

New Bits from Amana Tools

Today I received confirmation that in a woodworking class, it isn’t only the student that’s handed useful, inspiring information. We spent time this afternoon at IWF with Lonnie Bird. [...]

Old-School Joinery with a New Tool

Freud invited us to an early meeting to present a number of new woodworking related products. Some were router bit designs, some were geared to industrial consumers and one was...

In the Future with Festool

Two years ago if I would have mentioned the company Festool, more likely than not, you wouldn’t have known the name. Then the Domino was introduced and the name Festool...

New Tools from Porter Cable

Porter-Cable (PC) held a press event in New York on Tuesday. The event was to introduce new tools, both cordless and corded. After the release, we were invited to attend...