Tool Test – Hitachi M12V2 Plunge Router
From October 2006 Popular Woodworking Hitachi Revamps an Old Friend with Mixed Results For the past 17 years, the M12V plunge router from Hitachi has been a staple in many professional and home [...]
Planing the Perfect Board
Mr. Peel was shaped exactly like one of the Fisher-Price Little People, he jangled his keys in his pockets nonstop and he had a reputation as a tyrannical shop teacher at Chaffin Junior High [...]
Strategies for Using Southern Yellow Pine
Question: When is your book on workbenches coming out? I read the excerpts in your magazine this weekend and decided to purchase it before I attempt a bench of my own, I can’t [...]
Leigh Dovetail Jigs: New Design, Affordably Priced
Leigh Industries, maker of the Leigh jig, was the reason I found myself going to Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, which is just east of Vancouver in Canada. Leigh invited a number of woodworking [...]
Tool Test – Craftsman Digital Readout Plunge Router
From November 2006 Popular Woodworking Adding a digital readout to a plunge router is more useful than adding a laser, but this digital feature alone might not be reason enough to give up your [...]
Tool Test – Hock Tools Plane Kit
From November 2006 Popular Woodworking Build a Wooden Handplane , in a Day Making your own woodworking tools can be rewarding , but it can also be time-consuming and thus takes you away from [...]
Tool Test – Veritas Ruler Stop
From November 2006 Popular Woodworking Pint-sized Accuracy The combination square is standard equipment for many woodworkers, but it is overkill for most jobs. Most woodworkers need a well-marked [...]
Tool Test – Bosch PS-10-2 I-Driver
From November 2006 Popular Woodworking I’ve never understood the “bigger must be better” philosophy in cordless screwdrivers. Yes, you need the power to get the job done, but [...]
Tool Test – 4" Digital Fractional Calipers
From November 2006 Popular Woodworking A Small Digital Fractional-readout Caliper , Finally! Accurately measuring (both wood and machinery) in the shop is important for every woodworker, and most [...]
Tool Test – Ryobi Drill Press
From November 2006 Popular WoodworkingFeatures Beyond the Bells and Whistles At first glance, the new “Digital Drill Press” from Ryobi seems like a run-of-the-mill machine tricked out [...]
Tool Test – Gramercy Tools Finishing Brushes
From December 2006 Popular Woodworking First of all, these are very good brushes. I used the 2″ version ($34.95) to apply three coats of shellac to the Whale Tail Shelves in the December [...]
Tool Test – Lie-Nielsen Floats
From December 2006 Popular Woodworking Planemakers have long used floats to shape and true the critical surfaces of wooden handplanes. But cabinetmakers also used floats, and after several months [...]