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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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 upgrade from the P630 model in a [...]