Festool owners will tell you that ALL their Festool tools are their top tools. They are as fanatical about their Festools as Mac users are about their Macs. I think these two quotes, from the recent SawmillCreek thread “Which Festool …
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Best of the Fest: The Top 5 Festool Tools
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Best PVA Woodworking Glue
Posted 1787 days ago byI visited the family today over at FamilyWoodworking.org and found a great post started by Larry called What type of glue? and why? This thread started me off on an hour of woodworking glue research. What I learned in that …
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How to Repair Severed Power Tool Cords
Posted 1793 days ago byI stumbled on this useful post over at SawmillCreek: Ran over the router cord… The original poster asked: “I was cutting a circle out with the router and came back around and ran the cord straight over.. Anybody know who …
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Woodworking with Pallets: A Guide to Finding, Breaking Down and Building with Pallets
Posted 1793 days ago byTo the uninitiated pallet wood can seem like a treasure trove of free wood. There are stories of oak, ash, maple and all manner of exotic hardwoods used in storage pallets. After all, according to one of WoodWeb’s technical advisors, …
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The reciprocating saw is the most versatile demolition power tool out there today. It’s also the goto tool for installers of windows, skylights, plumbing and just about anything else that requires removing a chunk of anything. With the range of …
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Top 10 Crazy Things Cut Up with a Reciprocating Saw
Posted 1801 days ago byThe SamillCreek. It’s a crazy kinda place. Mix those guys with the awesome demolition power of a reciprocating saw and you’ve got…. STORIES TO TELL. I’ve been researching a reciprocating saw article and found this thread: Things you have cut …
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There’s no such thing as the BEST all time dovetail jig. I learned that lesson most clearly from Jack Loganbill over at the Woodshop: If there’s one thing you take away from this article it’s that you really DO need …
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How can you NOT read a forum thread like this: Canoe made from disposable chopsticks. Per Swenson posted this over at SawmillCreek. Here’s the canoe: A bit about the canoe: “A former city employee in the Fukushima prefecture town of …
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I saw this great little post over at SawmillCreek… Do you have a good Gadget tool……? The OP (original poster) describes gadget tools like this: “You kind of feel funny when you sucker in and buy one…. but then you …
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28 Ways to Recycle and Reuse Sawdust and Woodchips
Posted 1815 days ago byBeing a thrifty fella, this thread over at Woodnet caught my attention: Where do you get rid of chips/sawdust? I used this thread as a starting point and then researched forums and other info sites to compile this post. THEN …
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