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I use a flush-trim bit a lot, particularly for trimming face frames to cabinet sides and parts flush with templates. Unfortunately, after a few sharpenings, it's not a flush-trim bit...

      Do you turn on your dust collector every time you should? “I'm only making one cut,” you say. But how many times in a day do you...

Drilling a hole with a handheld drill is easy enough to do, but making the hole perfectly perpendicular to the surface can be tough. Triton has married a plunge mechanism...

Thin-kerf blades aren't news. Fifty-tooth blades aren't news. But when I see a blade that cuts as well as the 50-tooth, thin-kerf Freud LU83R and sells for $45, that's news....

  I've pulled out a few hairs trying to tweak my dovetail jig so it cuts perfectly. Porter Cable's 4200 series dovetail jigs have some great conveniences that make much...

Replacement batteries for cordless tools are expensive, but Ryobi has slashed the price of its batteries, selling two 18-volt batteries for $40, as part of its new One+ System. Á...

Get that menacing belt sander under control with these whip-it-into-shape tips. by George Vondriska Does the prospect of using a belt sander make your palms sweat and your hands shake? I...

You're about to be marooned on a desert island. You're allowed one power tool to take with you. Which would it be? My choice would be a bandsaw. After the...

Isaac Fischer, Jr., of Springfield, Vt., patented sandpaper on June 14, 1834. Shortly after that, presumably, sanding blocks were invented. Sanding blocks apply even pressure over the entire [...]

Finishing sanders remain a useful tool, especially for sanding into corners and on delicate pieces. Sanders of yesteryear vibrated enough to make your hand tingle for a week, and arm...

I'm at the home center, trying to remember whether my sander takes five- or eight-hole discs. I've got a fifty-fifty chance, but if I guess wrong, the dust collection on...

Delta has put a new twist on miter saws by mounting the motor vertically, instead of horizontally, on its new 36-412 12-in. dual-bevel compound miter saw. The result is increased...