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If you've got a Bosch router hanging in your router table and are tired of reaching under the table to make height adjustments, here's good news. The new RA1165 base, $60, includes [...]

  Fine-tuning dado width for a perfect fit can drive you nuts because plywood thickness is inconsistent. Enter the Dado Wiz, $159. That's a lot of dough for a dado-only jig, but this [...]

    Frame-and-panel router bits sets are thickness specific, so the bits you use for a cabinet door may not be the same set you need for a delicate jewelry box made from thinner [...]

The Akeda dovetail jig first hit the woodworking world in March 2003. Production problems took this tool off the market for a while, but now it's back and available from more distributors [...]

  A friend of mine spent years trying to teach me to carve. Sorry, it just ain't in these hands. But CMT had me carving—sort of—in minutes. The company's new 3D Router [...]

For the serious router table user, the benefits of owning a router lift are huge. Strap a 3-1/4-hp variable-speed router into one of these lifts and you have a routing system that can't be [...]

Q. I’m thinking about starting a side business building custom doors. Should I consider investing in a shaper or use my router table? Shaper cutters are larger and last longer than router [...]

Raise your hand if you hate swapping bits and drivers in a cordless drill. I sure do. When I’m putting in screws, I’m always going back and forth, tightening and loosening that darn [...]

It’s handy to use the front drum of a belt sander on inside curves. But the body on many sanders limits the front drum’s usefulness by limiting its accessibility. The new Dragster [...]

  Tool-Controlled Dust Collection Do you use your dust collector every time you should? Probably not. With this new system, you will—without any extra effort. System 1 from Creative [...]

Backyard Sawmills We all love wood, whether it’s a wide clear board or a gnarly slab with wild grain. That’s why sawing our own lumber crosses the minds of most woodworkers. It might [...]

      It’s hard to imagine a day in the shop without a cordless drill. You can’t beat its convenience. But I’m intrigued by impact drivers, which are hitting the cordless [...]