Tool Test – Ryobi Drill Press
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 [...]
Tool Test – Gramercy Tools Finishing Brushes
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 in the December [...]
Tool Test – Lie-Nielsen Floats
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 [...]
Tool Test – Gramercy Tools Bowsaw
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 with [...]
Tool Test – Featherbow
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 [...]
Tool Test – Infinity Router Bit Set
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 [...]
Tool Test – Veritas Scraper Shave
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 grain can [...]
Tool Test – Gramercy Rasps
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 or shaping a curved form. [...]
Tool Test – Bosch Router Table
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 the features you could want [...]
Tool Test – Blue Spruce Dovetail Chisels
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 any junk [...]
Tool Test – Grex 23-gauge Pinner
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 shop. The new edition is an [...]
First Look: Bridge City HP-7 Shoulder Plane
I’ve got a weakness for shoulder planes. Though lots of people do great work without them, I find them useful for trimming the shoulders and cheeks of tenons, plus fine-tuning rabbets, [...]
