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How to build a four-board bench that can be used almost anywhere.

The first real woodworking project I built in the USA was a pine workbench. The story of this piece began with a discarded metal cabinet I found on Irving street in Cambridge MA. I mention Irving [...]

    Woodtek’s coupling skirt ($30) makes it easier to dispose of the dust your collector collects. It adapts your 2- or 3-hp dust collector to a metal trash [...]

        3M’s gold-colored FreCut sandpaper cuts faster, lasts longer and leaves the wood looking better than conventional paper. A great finishing tool, FreCut [...]

    The key to effective dust collection is something you can’t see.The tiniest dust particles are the most hazardous to your health, so the best collectors capture the [...]

Double-Duty Planer Stand You may also like… Mobile Outfeed Tables Mobile Miter Saw Stand Double-Duty Shop Stool I love two-for-one deals.Even my shop is a twofer; it doubles as a [...]

        In my basement shop every square inch counts! Out of necessity I found a wealth of unused space tucked right under my nose,or should I say feet.That [...]

General International recently introduced the new model 90-170 M1 Deluxe 14" wood cutting band saw. Featuring a one-piece heavy duty steel frame and dynamically balanced 14” cast-iron [...]

        I decked out my chop saw station with a shop vacuum for dust collection and a shop light so I can see where I’m cutting. It worked great except for one thing: I had to [...]

Home Office Cabinets A flexible design for today’s totally wired family. By George Vondriska and Ken Collier Has your computer become the nerve center of your home? Are you finding that [...]

The recently announced NFLS-300X3 series strips from superbrightleds.com use high power 3-chip 5050SMD LEDs and are great for accent lighting while also being bright enough for under cabinet, [...]

Umbrella Stand Build this simple, elegant stand and you’ll have it made in the shade come summer. By Dave Munkittrick Market umbrellas have a certain magical quality to them. Whether you’re [...]