Tool Reviews

From November 2006 Popular Woodworking A Small Digital Fractional-readout Caliper , Finally! Accurately measuring (both wood and machinery) in the shop is important for every woodworker, and most [...]

From November 2006 Popular WoodworkingFeatures Beyond the Bells and Whistles At first glance, the new “Digital Drill Press” from Ryobi seems like a run-of-the-mill machine tricked out [...]

From December 2006 Popular Woodworking First of all, these are very good brushes. I used the 2″ version ($34.95) to apply three coats of shellac to the Whale Tail Shelves...

From December 2006 Popular Woodworking Planemakers have long used floats to shape and true the critical surfaces of wooden handplanes. But cabinetmakers also used floats, and after several months of...

From December 2006 Popular Woodworking As a devoted band saw user, I’ve always resisted the bowsaw, which was used by early American and English woodworkers to cut curves. My problem...

From December 2006 Popular Woodworking Better Featherboards for Many Tools Traditionally, a shop-made featherboard is used to hold a small or narrow workpiece firmly against a fence or machine [...]

From February 2007 Popular WoodworkingHow do you accurately test a seven-piece professional set of Infinity router bits? Let’s face it, you could spend months in the shop trying to accomplish...

From February 2007 Popular Woodworking One of the things I love about chairmaking is also one of the things I hate about chairmaking: You have to shape curved parts where the...

From February 2007 issue, Popular Woodworking A good rasp is a simple tool that performs a multitude of tasks: tweaking the fit of a mortise and tenon, rounding an edge...

From April 2007 Popular Woodworking Benchtop router tables have been around long enough that all the bugs should be worked out of them. This new one from Bosch has all...

From April 2007 Popular Woodworking Using a garden-variety bevel-edge chisel when dovetailing can be frustrating. The bevels on the side of the tool are supposed to allow you to clean...

From April 2007 Popular Woodworking Twenty-three gauge headless pinners have come a long way in recent years, and we were glad to test the new Grex model P645L in the...