Tool Reviews

From August 2006 Popular Woodworking Features and Performance for Serious Woodworkers My first look at the newest cabinet saw from Powermatic was last year when the company was still working...

From August 2006 Popular Woodworking Exquisite! I’ve long been a fan of large shoulder planes and have many miles on my Lie-Nielsen 073, which I bought the first day it...

From August 2006 Popular Woodworking In a world of mid-sized routers offering both a fixed and plunge base, the Triton MOF001KC is a competitively priced, dedicated plunge with lots of...

From August 2006 Popular Woodworking At first blush I looked at this tool and said, “Twenty-five bucks for this?” Then I took a closer look and realized how many things...

From August 2006 Popular Woodworking Dado Wiz Zeros in on Perfect Fit for Dados or Grooves Our staff has an ongoing discussion about  the best way to make dados. Whether...

From October 2006 Popular Woodworking Bosch Pocket Driver Offers Pint-sized Power I don’t care how many cordless drills you own, if you like tools, you’re going to need one more....

From October 2006 Popular Woodworking A Bigger Birdcage Awl Birdcage awls are outstanding and accurate tools for installing hardware. In essence, they are a boring tool: Place the tip where...

From October 2006 Popular Woodworking Hitachi Revamps an Old Friend with Mixed Results For the past 17 years, the M12V plunge router from Hitachi has been a staple in many...

From November 2006 Popular Woodworking Adding a digital readout to a plunge router is more useful than adding a laser, but this digital feature alone might not be reason enough...

From November 2006 Popular Woodworking Build a Wooden Handplane , in a Day Making your own woodworking tools can be rewarding , but it can also be time-consuming and thus...

From November 2006 Popular Woodworking Pint-sized Accuracy The combination square is standard equipment for many woodworkers, but it is overkill for most jobs. Most woodworkers need a well-marked [...]

From November 2006 Popular Woodworking I’ve never understood the “bigger must be better” philosophy in cordless screwdrivers. Yes, you need the power to get the job done, but [...]