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You, too, can determine moisture content simply by feeling a board. Murphy had never bought lumber from us before. He watched his boards carefully as they were loaded onto his truck. “They look [...]

Lasers are popping up on all sorts of tools. Are they useful – or just clever marketing? We investigate. Editor’s note: David asked this question way back in 2005, but with tool [...]

By David Thiel & Christopher Schwarz Pages: 86-91 Once a year the woodworking tool manufacturers roll out their newest and brightest offerings for the press and the public. This year’s [...]

By David Thiel Pages: 49-56 From the November 2005 issue #151 Buy this issue now In this chapter of our series on case construction we focus on the materials that make up the boxes-within-boxes [...]

Designed for piercing wood and laying out marks, some awls are better than others. Learn which ones are best suited to your style of work. By Paul Sellers Pages: 44-48 From the November 2005 [...]

You can buy this machine with a variety of features, but what’s critical is that Jet got the basics just right. By Christopher Schwarz Page: 38 From the November 2005 issue #151 Buy this issue [...]

By David Thiel Page: 36 From the November 2005 issue #151 Buy this issue now Random-orbit sanders have made my woodworking career a much happier thing. And each year there are improvements to the [...]

By Christopher Schwarz Page: 36 From the November 2005 issue #151 Buy this issue now Hand-cut dovetails can be tricky at first, so anything you can do to eliminate marking errors will improve [...]

By David Thiel Page: 35 From the November 2005 issue #151 Buy this issue now Woodworkers need a good set of Forstner bits. Designed to cut clean, flat-bottomed holes, they’re very handy to have [...]

By David Thiel Page: 35 From the November 2005 issue #151 Buy this issue now While using screws on a woodworking project may not be fine woodworking, it happens all the time. To improve the look [...]

By Steve Shanesy Page: 34 From the November 2005 issue #151 Buy this issue now Even in a small shop, traipsing back and forth to the dust collector to turn it on and off can be a nuisance. [...]

By Christopher Schwarz Page 34 From the November 2005 issue #151 Buy this issue now Most modern mortising chisels these days are poorly ground, misshapen and uncomfortable to use. It’s no small [...]