Q & A: Rusty Router Collets
Q & A: Rusty Router Collets Q: Returning to my shop after working outside this summer, I noticed a rusty film on my router collets and bits.What’s the best way to remove the rust [...]
AW Extra 2/7/13 – Mobile Router Center
Mobile Router Center This rolling router center has onboard storage for all your router components, folds into a tidy package, serves as an extra work surface and rolls out of the way when [...]
Q & A: Jointing Thick Wood with a Router
Q & A: Jointing Thick Wood with a Router Q: I have a very small shop and don’t have the space for large machines like jointers and planers. I need to make thick table legs from three 3/4-in. [...]
Q & A: Router Bit Slipping
Q & A: Router Bit Slipping Q: Is there any reason why my router bits are suddenly slipping? I have had this router for years without any trouble. A: Because you haven’t had trouble with [...]
AW Extra 4/4/13 – See-Through Router Base
See-Through Router Base See where you're going on a dovetail jig. By Dave Munkittrick Why are so many router bases solid black? I hate peering through those little holes to align my [...]
Your Guide to Router Collets
How a Collet Works • A collet is the steel sleeve that holds a router bit in a router. The collet works with the router shaft (connected directly to the motor) and the collet nut. • [...]
Hand Tools, Routers, Japanese Joinery and More – New on DVD
From mastering hand tools to router basics, 18th-century joinery to Japanese hand tools and joinery, you’ll find it all among the five new DVD selections now available to order at [...]
Mobile Router Center
Mobile Router Center This rolling router center has onboard storage for all your router components, folds into a tidy package, serves as an extra work surface and rolls out of the way when [...]
Router Table Jointer Fence
Router Table Jointer Fence Edge joint long stock, thick stock, wide stock or man-made materials with this easy-to-build fence. By Rick McKee Is your shop too small to even think about squeezing [...]
Router-enhanced Dovetails
Contributing Editor Glen D. Huey made this short video while working on the cover project for the upcoming November 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine (which should start arriving in [...]
How Hand Tools Made Me a Better Power-tool Woodworker
This weekend I built a contemporary lamp for the August 2011 issue of the magazine that was all-electrons, all the time. It has been a while since I have worked this way – usually my mode is to [...]
Self containted tablesaw, router and planer workstation
Like many of you I have a standard size two cargarage that my wife also likes to use to park her car in. I had a Rigid table saw but also wanted a complete shop that could fit in my …