Projects

        Steel City's cool new Mini DC, $100 can be used two ways.  You can run it as a stand-alone dust collector or place it in-line with a central dust [...]

      If you're a woodworker who needs a machine large enough to face joint 12-in. material, the new Grizzly G0609 jointer, $1,695, could be just what you're looking [...]

      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 [...]

      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 [...]

      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 [...]

      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 [...]

      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 [...]

          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 [...]

      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 [...]

      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 [...]

      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 [...]

      Grizzly's G0604 jointer includes great features usually found on more expensive machines. At 56 in., its bed is about 10 in. longer than those on standard 6-in. [...]