5-minute Cavetto Moulding
I made some cavetto moulding for a version of The Schoolbox I’m building. And because a cavetto is one of the easiest mouldings to make with a round plane, I decided to demonstrate the basics of [...]
JET’s Vortex Dust Collector
When it comes to … well most anything, I’m a huge skeptic. I’m not a conspiracy theorist mind you, but I seldom believe what I hear or read. I have to be convinced. Tool manufacturers, [...]
Video: Sawing a Book – Safely
Say you want to scan one of your books so you can have it on your iPad or other tablet device. The easiest way to scan the book is to remove the binding and run it through a sheet feeder.…
Highly Recommended: Veritas Replacement Irons and Cap Irons
I’ve been meaning to write up a review on Veritas replacement blades and cap irons for months, but every time I sat down to do it I realized that I didn’t have the tooling here at [...]
Building a Handmade Try Square
Jim Tolpin’s newest book, “The New Traditional Woodworker” teaches the reader how to work with hand tools by using them to build useful bench and shop tools. Each project builds [...]
The New Mark VII from Shopsmith
In case you don’t recognize the tool (or should I say tools) in the photo, it’s a Shopsmith, one of the original combination woodworking machines. Many of you may have thought the company was [...]
LWIF Wrap-up, or Last Week in Festool
With so many posts about new products from Festool bombarding this column last week, I thought it best to write one more to wrap-up the entries. And luckily for me, Festool delivered another [...]
Mike Wenzloff and the Remarkable No. 77 Backsaw
As we age, we tend to become more set in our ways. With saws, the opposite is true: The older I get, the less set I want. For those of you who didn’t get the (lame) joke in the previous …
Tool Review: An Ultra-compact Drill-driver from Festool
Sometime in the Summer of 2011, Festool will introduce a new ultra-compact drill. The company calls the drill CXS – Conquer. Xplore. Solve. The CXS is expected to become your everyday [...]
Our Readers: Sharp Eyes and Good Memories
A couple years ago (four and a half to be exact) I wrote in response to questions from several readers about my funky old knife and where to get one. The questions came because of an article in [...]
John Wilson’s Adjustable-pitch Plane
If you had only one bench plane, it would be nice if that plane could do both roughing and smoothing chores. Woodworker John Wilson tackled that problem in our April 2011 issue with his [...]
Evapo-Rust a Friend to Vintage Tools
I love “before” and “after” photos of things. This week I picked up a nice 3/16” side-bead plane from Josh Clark (aka Hyperkitten). The tool is a gem. The boxing is perfect. The sole is straight. [...]
