Tool Test – Gramercy Tools Bowsaw
From December 2006 Popular Woodworking As a devoted band saw user, I’ve always resisted the bowsaw, which was used by early American and English woodworkers to cut curves. My problem with [...]
Tool Test – Featherbow
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 [...]
Tool Test – Infinity Router Bit Set
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 [...]
Tool Test – Veritas Scraper Shave
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 [...]
Building the Gustav Stickley No. 802 Sideboard
This week I begin a long-awaited project: A Russian workbench. Nah, I’m just messing with you. Now that I have fully exorcised the bench-building demon, I can move onto other long-awaited [...]
Tool Test – Gramercy Rasps
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. [...]
Tool Test – Bosch Router Table
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 [...]
Tool Test – Blue Spruce Dovetail Chisels
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 [...]
Tool Test – Grex 23-gauge Pinner
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 [...]
Tool Test – Makita 18-volt Drill-Driver
From April 2007 Popular Woodworking At just more than 3.5 pounds the Makita 18-volt 1/2″ Compact Cordless Drill-driver (BDF452) is 25 percent lighter than its predecessor, the BDF451. The [...]
Tool Test – Festool Domino DF 500 Q
From April 2007 Popular Woodworking When it comes to joinery, you have two basic kinds. On one hand you have the traditional, strong and time-consuming joints (think dovetails). On the other [...]
Shop Projects Part 4-Festool Domino Test Drive
I’ve been anxious to work with the new Festool Domino, and this face frame for my shop cabinet looks like the perfect application for this new machine. The Domino has several things in [...]