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Finishing sanders remain a useful tool, especially for sanding into corners and on delicate pieces. Sanders of yesteryear vibrated enough to make your hand tingle for a week, and arm wrestling [...]

I'm at the home center, trying to remember whether my sander takes five- or eight-hole discs. I've got a fifty-fifty chance, but if I guess wrong, the dust collection on my sander [...]

Delta has put a new twist on miter saws by mounting the motor vertically, instead of horizontally, on its new 36-412 12-in. dual-bevel compound miter saw. The result is increased capacity. This [...]

    One of my woodworking rules is start with 10 fingers and quit with 10. So I'm big on push blocks. They protect you from putting your pinkies somewhere you shouldn't. [...]

      What do you get if you add the ease of a screw to the strength of a dowel? The Miller Dowel. The system is inexpensive and easy to use. Just drill a hole, glue and drive a …

Have you seen the light yet? Laser light, that is. Lasers make miter saws safer and more accurate. They’ve been appearing on miter saws for some time, but getting one on a sliding miter saw [...]

Acombination belt-disc sander is similar to a mid-round draft choice on an athletic team. It’s not a priority purchase, like a tablesaw or planer, but it’s valuable in a woodworking [...]

Whether you shop is large or small, mobile bases allow you to get the most out of the space you have. When I need to re-saw some long stock on my bandsaw, its mobile base lets me easily [...]

Six separate cordless tools can cost a bundle, but you sure save a lot when you buy them together as a kit. That’s because they all share the same two batteries and charger. Delta’s [...]

  DeWalt’s new 3 x 21-in. belt sander is a joy to use, whether you’re flattening a panel or scribing a face frame. It has an unusual three-wheel design that positions the motor [...]

What's the one thing you need most when you're shaping dozens of raised panels on a router table? Power! These 3-hp monsters deliver plenty. There are two completely different kinds of [...]

Locating and drilling dowel holes is usually so fussy it drives you nuts! A self-centering jig works fine on stock of equal thickness, like a face frame, but you may have a hard time setting it [...]