Tool Review: A New (?) Jet Mortiser
An old friend dropped into the Popular Woodworking shop this week. You know how nice it is to see old friends. Memories flood back about the first time you met and the times you’ve spent [...]
Tool Review: Veritas Surface Clamp
Speaking as a man with a self-diagnosed “workbench sickness,” you’d think I’d be goo-goo-eyed over new workbench accessories. But most of the time that’s not the [...]
Tool Test – Wenzloff & Sons Saws
From June 2006 Popular Woodworking Wenzloff & Sons Backsaws Make the Cut The hand-tool crowd lives and dies by the hand saw. But even for the rest of us, no matter how many electrons we [...]
Tool Test – Grizzly G0459 Drum Sander
From June 2006 Popular Woodworking Grizzly’s Baby Drum Sander Rocks Early in my career I was spoiled forever by a 42″-wide, three-head wide-belt sander. I can’t keep from [...]
Tool Test – Quick Stop LP Drill Press Table
From June 2006 Popular Woodworking Dead-on accuracy from a drill press table isn’t necessary for woodworkers. But it sure is nice to be able to hold your work securely, and have a fence [...]
Tool Test – Ridgid R2930 Router
From June 2006 Popular Woodworking A Bright Addition to the Category This is the first true router to bear the Ridgid name. A trim router was introduced about one year ago, but this is the one [...]
Testing Wood Joints to Failure
Why joints fail and why woodworkers fail as scientists Whenever my late Uncle Archie came to visit, he would drive my mother crazy with where he chose to sit. He was a big man, weighing over 350 [...]
Tool Test – Ashely Iles Carving Tools
From August 2006 Popular Woodworking Good Steel and Good Handles Last summer and fall I extensively tested several carving gouges from English toolmaker Ashley Iles. Midway through the testing, I [...]
Tool Test – Powermatic PM2000 Table Saw
From August 2006 Popular Woodworking Features and Performance for Serious Woodworkers My first look at the newest cabinet saw from Powermatic was last year when the company was still working out [...]
Tool Test – Lie-Nielsen Medium Shoulder Plane
From August 2006 Popular Woodworking Exquisite! I’ve long been a fan of large shoulder planes and have many miles on my Lie-Nielsen 073, which I bought the first day it was available. So I [...]
Tool Test – Triton MOF001KC Router
From August 2006 Popular Woodworking In a world of mid-sized routers offering both a fixed and plunge base, the Triton MOF001KC is a competitively priced, dedicated plunge with lots of features. [...]
Tool Test – Veritas Bevel Setter
From August 2006 Popular Woodworking At first blush I looked at this tool and said, “Twenty-five bucks for this?” Then I took a closer look and realized how many things it will do. I [...]