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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 Christopher Schwarz Page: 10 From the October 2006 issue #157 Buy this issue now When the package landed on my desk, my first instinct was to call the police. Inside the plain brown wrapper [...]

Get extra outfeed space without sacrificing precious floor space. By Eric Hedberg Pages: 84-85 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy this issue now Who says that table saws aren’t “hip?” This [...]

Achieving a glass-flat surface is a lot easier than you might think. By Bob Flexner Pages: 79-83 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy this issue now After spending countless hours building a [...]

Woodworking magazines present a distorted view of reality. We show ourselves working on projects using the latest and greatest tools, and it’s easy to start thinking you really need this stuff to [...]

We spend three days with the world’s most expensive planes. Are they just jewelry? Or do they work better than your plane? By Christopher Schwarz Pages: 52-59 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy [...]

By David Thiel Pages: 41-48 From the August 2006 issue #156 Buy this issue now Over the past six chapters of this primer on Casework Construction we’ve focused on how case pieces are built: the [...]

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 [...]