Hide-away Shop Desk

    I used to have a desk in my shop for reviewing cutlists and drawing plans. I really liked having that permanent spot for my calculator, pens, pencils and paper, but its big [...]

Get It Dead Square

      Assembling projects perfectly square can be a challenge.  The more parts you have, the more complicated it gets.  Having a set of 3D Squares, $50 for four, is [...]

Super New Dovetail Jigs

      Leigh Industries has a well-deserved reputation for making top-of-the-line dovetail jigs. They've just introduced three new ones: the Super Jigs. They're [...]

All-Inclusive Slot Cutter Set

      CMT's slot cutter set, $160, provides a complete slot cutting package.  With four arbors, seven cutters, seven bearings, and a handful of shims, this set can [...]

Stainless Steel Sanding Discs

      When I first looked at the Microplane stainless steel sanding discs I thought,  “There's no way that can work.  It'll just tear up the [...]

Perfect Circles With Your Router

      Need a way to cut perfect circles?  I'm pretty impressed with the new jig from Circle Cutters, Inc., $49.99.  It's a simple device that uses your [...]

Amazing Cut Quality

      The new Freud Fusion tablesaw blade, $99, provides a crosscut or rip cut, that's as smooth as a baby's… well, you know. Forty-tooth alternate top bevel [...]

Dovetail Jig for a Router Table

          The new Route-R-Joint from Woodline USA, $179, is a unique dovetailing jig. Instead of handling a router on top of the jig, you invert the jig on top [...]

Simple, Accurate Bit-Height Gauge

      The new Easy Set from Sommerfeld's Tools, $29, is one of the best ideas I've seen in a long time. It easily and precisely sets the height of eight different [...]

Reworked Sign-Making Kit

      Having recently used a Milescraft Signcrafter to rout names into nearly 1,000 fence pickets for a playground project, I was excited to look at the new Milescraft [...]

New Way To Cut Tenons

      The new CMT Tenon-Cutting Router Bit, $99, simplifies making tenons. Working like a massive tongue cutter, CMT's bit cuts tenons from 3/16 in. to 3/8 in. thick and [...]

Versatile Tenoning Jig

      A tenoning jig is one of my favorite tablesaw accessories. I use it for many different joints, including straight tenons, angled tenons, bridle joints, splined miters [...]

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