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By Christopher Schwarz Page: 23 From the October 2006 issue #157 Buy this issue now Birdcage awls are outstanding and accurate tools for installing hardware. In essence, they are a boring tool: [...]

By David Thiel Page: 22 From the October 2006 issue #157 Buy this issue now Since the dawn of the first keyless chuck, woodworkers have been taking off layers of skin by grabbing the chuck sleeve [...]

By David Thiel Page: 22 From the October 2006 issue #157 Buy this issue now For the past 17 years, the M12V plunge router from Hitachi has been a staple in many professional and home shops, often [...]

By David Thiel Page: 28 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy this issue now In a world of mid-sized routers offering both a fixed and plunge base, the Triton MOF001KC is a competitively priced, [...]

By Christopher Schwarz Page: 28 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy this issue now I’ve long been a fan of large shoulder planes and have many miles on my Lie-Nielsen 073, which I bought the [...]

By David Thiel Page: 27 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy this issue now Our staff has an ongoing discussion about the best way to make dados. Whether using a dado stack or router, the trick is [...]

By Robert W. Lang Page 27 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy this issue now Last summer and fall I extensively tested several carving gouges from English toolmaker Ashley Iles. Midway through [...]

By David Thiel Page: 26 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy this issue now My first look at the newest cabinet saw from Powermatic was last year when the company was still working out some final [...]

By Christopher Schwarz Page: 30 From the June 2006 issue #155 Buy this issue now The hand-tool crowd lives and dies by the hand saw. But even for the rest of us, no matter how many electrons we [...]

By Robert Lang Page: 30 From the June 2006 issue #155 Buy this issue now Early in my career I was spoiled forever by a 42″-wide, three-head wide-belt sander. I can’t keep from comparing [...]

By David Thiel Page: 28 From the June 2006 issue #155 Buy this issue now Dead-on accuracy from a drill press table isn’t necessary for woodworkers. But it sure is nice to be able to hold your [...]

By David Thiel Page: 28 From the June 2006 issue #155 Buy this issue now This is the first true router to bear the Ridgid name. A trim router was introduced about one year ago, but this is the [...]