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I’m a big fan of cut nails. They hold far better that modern wire nails and they really have the right look when it comes to building reproduction furniture, which is why I don’t use [...]

The old saying goes you only have one chance to make a first impression, and digging into putting together the new Steel City Table saw I found myself impressed. The steel tube crate was bolted [...]

Like everyone else, when we order a new machine, we never know exactly when it’s coming. I got word yesterday afternoon that Steel City Toolworks had shipped us a new table saw for us to [...]

The Rochester Woodworkers Society was kind enought to invite me to speak to their members this coming Friday night, and to give a day-long workshop on Saturday. I’m looking forward to the [...]

Sash saws are a bit of a mystery to the modern-day woodworker. These saws show up in early catalogs and inventories of cabinetmaker’s possessions, but that’s about all you get. [...]

My head is deep into preparing card scrapers these days. I’ve vowed to try to make sense out of all the conflicting information we read about sharpening them. And so I’ve been turning [...]

So I like my wagon vise quite a bit and have been giving it a nice workout during the last week or so. I think it’s a keeper. (And good thing, considering the massive chasm in the [...]

Frank Klausz shows you three ways to master this traditional and strong joint.