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Premium Dado Sets – What to Look For

  A few months ago, the popular local branded more affordable dado sets which were widely distributed across the country had a few quality issues which deemed it unfit for the job that they…

King Arthur’s Tools: Power Carving with Your Angle Grinder

Founded as a small, family owned American business located in North Florida, King Arthur’s Tools has been dedicated to offering a unique range of power carving products which have been designed to cut and…

Dust Collection Basics: Semi-Industrial Dust Extractors

In our previous article Dust Collection Basics: Shop Vacuums we discussed the need for dust collection in the workshop. We also discussed the various advantages offered by having a dust collection unit…

WoodCast 30: The Two-Part Epoxy Resin System

Making great artistic projects using epoxy resin has become the new hot trend of the day and people are truly making some amazing looking work. Very popular project amongst woodworkers recently is the River…

Cutting Cordless, Is It Worth The Extra Cost?

By now, we all know about the benefits of going cordless especially when it comes to the use of drills and drivers which usually need to be used together for a single…

Dust Collection Basics: Shop Vacuums

A dusty wood workshop is hardly every adequately complemented with a broom a dust-pan. It just doesn’t work. Too often the dust which we are generating when we are cutting timber…

Incra Tools – Upgrading Your Workflow: Router Tables

In our last article on the Incra Tools – Upgrading Your Workflow: Crosscut Sleds we discussed the importance of evolving from working free-handedly to adding a permanent/semi-permanent fixed solution. We first used…

Borradaile Guitars – Custom Built Classical Guitar

This is a guitar I was commissioned to build, built in the traditional Spanish style of the late 1800’s. Author: Peter Borradaile Book matched Sitka Spruce top (4mm thick), sourced from…

Bessey self-adjusting clamps

To mark the 5th anniversary for its STC self-adjusting toggle clamp range Bessey have launched a new website service.   Bessey has launched the microsite http://toggleclamp.bessey.de to mark the 5th anniversary of its STC self-adjusting…

Competition Entry: Teak Cot

Hi Folks Here is a cot I am busy building for our first grandchild – it is made out of teak and still needs to have the final sand and then the finishing touches. Thanks…