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      Templates for making louvered doors are unique accessories for the Leigh FMT Jig. They're simple to set up and easy to use. It's hard to imagine a more [...]

      The new Veritas Surface Clamp ($59.50) provides a way to secure a workpiece almost anywhere that you can drill a 3/4-in.-dia. hole. It even works on vertical surfaces. [...]

      CMT's new Dado Pro ($149) is a dado head that stacks up pretty well. It does an excellent job in solid woods and works reasonably well in plywood. To produce [...]

      You can spend plenty of dough on an HVLP (high volume low pressure) spray system, so I was surprised to see the price on the Earlex HVLP 3000.  At $120, it looked [...]

    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 [...]

      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 [...]

      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 [...]