16 plans and build notes. 22 related forum threads. Your planer will never be the same. Whether you’re operating a lunchbox planer in your 1/2 garage workshop or have a basement workshop suite this plan and build notes collection will …
Monthly Archives: April 2009
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The iWood: for iPhone Haters and/or Woodworkers
Posted 1485 days ago byParody. It’s seen far too rarely in the woodworking world (though sometimes TOO frequently in the woodworking forums ;). In the case of the iWood, some crafty and overly grumpy bambooworkers take iPhone lovers to task… And I laughed. And …
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So once you’ve selected your 8″ jointer (or decided on a 6″…) you’ve got to pick yourself out a planer. We dug through hundreds of forum threads to find out which 15 inch planers have gotten the most recommendations. This …
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New Bosch Nail Guns: Early Reviews of Full Force Pneumatic Nailer Fastening System from Bosch
Posted 1491 days ago byBosch recently announced the launch of its line of fastening tools and compressors and invited a number of tool reviewing bloggers and press to try them out. From what I gathered, Bosch asked them not to actually release any full …
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Makita Ad Uses 20,081 Holes to Drill Message Home…
Posted 1496 days ago byOver the past couple years I don’t think I’ve written once about an awesome tool advertisement… New tools, sure, PR stunts like that video of SawStop CEO Steve Gass shoving his finger into a spinning saw blade, sure, but no …
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I’m a big fan of tracks and circ saws… for me it all started with EurekaZone, and the moment I discovered that woodworking doesn’t always require a table saw. The success of EurekaZone and Festool’s TS 55 has brought DeWalt …
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Nail Jack Purchase of Vise-Grip Plant Falls Through
Posted 1497 days ago byIn November I wrote about Nail Jack Tools, Inc. and their intentions to purchase the Vise-Grip plant. Speaking to the World-Herald Bureau, Michael Foley, owner of Nail Jack, Inc., said “the deal is over.” According to the news story, “To …
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This thread at WoodNet: Fire Starting Battery Charger tells horror story after horror story of houses and workshops burned down because of batteries left to charge over night, unattended. Don’t do it. I read through all 5 pages of comments …
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Keep the dust down while sanding… with a downdraft table! There were relatively few “true plans” available for downdraft tables. Build notes with pictures make up the majority of the resources below. Also I included the 18 forum threads I …
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Space. The final frontier. The eternal quest. No matter how space much you have it’s never enough. This plan collection gathers all the free work surface expanding plans I could find using the best search engine technology known to man. …
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