My Largest Band Saw, The Wood-Mizer LT40 HD Portable
682 days ago by TreeBones | 11 comments »
After twelve years of use I can say this is a first class band saw. I have put mine through the test. The largest log I put on it was a 48” diameter, 26’ long Redwood that weighed over 17,000 pounds. Wish I took photos of this one. I cut over 80,000 bdft on that one job. The throat is 28” and with logs placed perfectly it can cut slabs this wide. Breakdowns have been essentially non existent and maintenance requirements are minimal, blades, roller guides and belts are the ...
Craftsman "All-in-one" Rotary Cutting Tool
635 days ago by Dadoo | 10 comments »
I bought this tool off of Ebay a couple years ago and although the price was very good (less than $60.00) this tool just don’t “cut it” with me. First off, it’s very loud. Loud enough that you need hearing protection. Secondly, it creates a ton of dust and blows it all around, requiring respiratory protection, a shop vac, mop and bucket, as well as a shower when you’re done. So here’s some more pros and cons that I have found. PROS Plunge router base, c...
Festool Domino Dominates or Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful
676 days ago by gizmodyne | 20 comments »
This is an amazing tool. It does one thing very well. Loose tenons! It works as advertised. Accurate mortises in a tight hand-held machine. I consider it a biscuit jointer on steroids. In fact, I have to decide if my biscuit joiner is going away. The tool must be used in conjunction with dust collection. To use the tool:1. Pick a tenon size. For example 6×40 mm2. Install the correct bit: 6mm in this case.3. Set the depth to half the length of the tenon. 20 mm in example.4. Plu...
Five Stars for 5 basic tools
633 days ago by Shopsmithtom | 16 comments »
The year was 1947. Hans Goldschmidt thought that post war America could use a quality combination woodworking tool. Most do-it-yourself folks at the time didn’t have the luxury of having a large basement or spare building to devote to a workshop. He was right. It became the largest selling power tool of its time. The ads talked of having 5 power tools in one, with accessories for at least a half dozen more. In 1952, my dad was listening. This is a long overdue review of that ve...
Craftsman NEXTEC Multi-Tool
138 days ago by Workbench_Warrior | 4 comments »
Craftsman NEXTEC Multi-Tool Their Product Description The compact 12 Volt battery provides the power of a full-sized battery in a smaller, lighter weight, longer lasting Lithium-Ion battery. One tool performs multiple tasks by using high-speed oscillations (15000 OPM), a 2.8 oscillation angle and six various attachments. The body of the tool features a soft grip handle, LED work light and an integrated dust bypass for comfort during use and enhanced visibility throughout any application...
Chinese firewood...I mean plywood!
584 days ago by Dadoo | 46 comments »
All of my cabinets so far, have been made from birch plywood and trimmed in pine. Now I’ve got a load of old maple for trim and want to build a bookcase system using maple plywood. I’ve looked around and have found that the only place that carries it, is Lowes. Oh, my local yard will be happy to order it…at like $70.00 a sheet…sight unseen. So being careful not to buy some cheap stuff (there’s been some bad vibes concerning Chinese plywood here) I found that the ...
Dixon Ticonderoga #2 HB Pencil
486 days ago by Brad_Nailor | 28 comments »
Ok…I know your thinking this is a joke…but I assure you , my friends I am serious as a heart attack! Pencils these days are a sad conglomeration of strange MDF like material that feels more like rubber, and breaks easily when you try to sharpen it. Same with the leads…if your lucky enough to get a point on it after grinding down half the “pencil” in the sharpener it will break as soon as you put any pressure on it. Not at the tip…down low under the fake woo...
New twist on M.D.F.
591 days ago by Lee A. Jesberger | 39 comments »
Hello all; I thought it would be nice to post new products or materials, or little know products and materials, that are a great asset to us woodworkers. This first product is made by Norboard, out of Canada. Their website is: http://www.norbord.com Their 800 number is: 1-800-850-8061 Here’s some information on the company and also may help to locate a distributer in your area. Norbord Inc. is an international producer of wood-based panels with assets of $1.5 billion. W...
Ringmaster allows you to create bowls and hollow vessels without turning.
675 days ago by cajunpen | 6 comments »
The Ringmaster allows you to create any bowl or hollow vessel that you can create on a lathe – without needing to know how to turn. You can take any flat board between 1/2” and 1” and about 12”x12” and create a bowl, lamp, vase, etc. – from a single piece of wood. You can also combine species to make interesting contrasting projects. Below are a couple of simple projects that I made a couple of years ago. These are simple – there are those out the...
Miter trimmer
680 days ago by GaryK | 23 comments »
These are great. I don’t know of a name brand one as they all seem pretty generic. If you make picture frames or do a lot of miters, these are invaluable. They allow you to trim off the smallest of shavings at a perfect 45 degrees.You can also set them to do 90 degree cuts. Mine was purchased at Rockler and was made in China. It works great though. Not muchto screw up in manufacturing. I usually just cut my miters close and use this to cut to perfect length.
Browse reviews
categories | brands | all reviews
- Bandsaw Accessories 13
- Bandsaws 34
- Biscuit Joiners 3
- Books 32
- Chainsaws 2
- Chisels and Carving Tools 16
- Circular Saws 13
- Clamps 20
- Compressors 14
- Courses 5
- Drill Presses 14
- Drill-Driver Accessories 18
- Drill-Drivers 41
- Dust Collection 39
- DVDs 26
- Files and Rasps 3
- Gluing and Finishing Supplies 23
- Grinders 3
- Hammers and Mallets 2
- Hand Planes 32
- Handsaws 11
- Hollow-Chisel Mortisers 9
- Industrial Machinery 1
- Jig Saws 14
- Jointers 31
- Lathes 24
- Magazines 4
- Marking Tools 10
- Measuring Tools 31
- Miter Saws 24
- Other 109
- Planers 22
- Pneumatic Nailers 11
- Radial Arm Saws 3
- Router Accessories 28
- Routers 31
- Safety Equipment 18
- Sanders 59
- Saw Blades 40
- Scroll Saws 11
- Sharpening Accessories 21
- Shop Gear 17
- Spray Guns 5
- Supports and Bases 4
- Tablesaw Accessories 46
- Tablesaws 76
- Turning Tools and Accessories 10
- . 17
- 1200 0
- 3Dconnexion 1
- 3M 2
- Acanthus Workshop 1
- Adria 0
- Adria Tools 1
- Akeda 1
- ALI-GATOR-GRIT 1
- Alvin 1
- Amana 1
- AO Safety 6
- Arbortech 1
- Arrow 1
- As Seen on TV Network 0
- Ashley Iles 1
- ATG 1
- ATG TB1000 Tour A Bois 0
- Auriou 2
- Automatic Flute Spacing Jig 0
- Back to Nature 1
- Beall Tool Company 2
- Beebe 0
- Bench Dog 0
- Benjamin's Best 1
- Bessey 7
- Better Bond 1
- Betterway Books 2
- Bill Hylton 1
- Black & Decker 15
- Blum 0
- Bob Flexner's 1
- Bosch 24
- Bostitch 5
- Bowclamp 0
- Brese 1
- Bridgewood Design 1
- Buck Bros. 1
- Byrd 1
- Calico 1
- Canadian Woodworking 1
- Carba-Tec 1
- Carter 2
- Cen-Tech 2
- Central Machinery 9
- Charles Neil 9
- Chinese imports 1
- Chinese Plywood 0
- Chipping Away 1
- Christopher Schwarz 7
- Chuntech 0
- ClearVue 2
- CMT Tools 3
- Corwin Knife Company 1
- Craft Supplies 1
- Craftex 3
- Craftsman 31
- Craftsman Professional 6
- Critter Spray Products 1
- Custom Branding Iron 1
- Darson 0
- Delta 34
- DeVilbiss 1
- DeWalt 31
- Di Legno Woodshop Supply 1
- Diamond Gusset 1
- Dixon Ticonderoga 1
- Don't Know 7
- DowelMax 2
- DQB Industrial/Harper 1
- Dremel 5
- Drill Master 1
- Dura-Block 1
- E C Emmerich 1
- Eagle America 1
- Earlex 2
- eBay 1
- Echo 0
- Edward J. Bennett Company 1
- Empire 3
- Evapo-Rust 1
- Evolution 1
- Excalibur 1
- Excelsior Mini 0
- Ezee-Feed 0
- FastCap 6
- Fein 5
- Feit Electric 1
- Festool 10
- Final Cut 0
- Finishing A to Z 3
- Flute Spacing Jig 0
- Flying Dutchman 0
- Footprint 1
- Foredom 1
- Forrest 6
- Fox Chapel Publishing 2
- Freud 14
- Gem Industries 1
- General 7
- General Tools 2
- Generic 6
- Glen Drake 1
- Global Tooling 2
- Gorilla 2
- GR 1
- Graham Blackburn 1
- Grand Slam Tools 0
- Grandslamtools 1
- Grex 1
- Grip-Tite 1
- Grizzly 50
- Groz 1
- GRR-Ripper 1
- Gyokucho 1
- Hammond 1
- Hammond Glider Trim-O-Saw 0
- Harbor Freight 16
- Harris International Labs 1
- Hart Design 1
- Heat-Lock 0
- Hendrik Varju 2
- hhg 0
- Highland Hardware 4
- Hitachi 18
- HNT Gordon 1
- Hock 2" Plane Iron Assemblies 0
- Hock Blade 0
- Hock Blades 1
- Homemade 1
- Hot Stuff 0
- How to book 1
- Howard Leight 0
- Husky 2
- iGAGING 3
- In-lineindustries 1
- Incra 7
- Infinity 4
- Irwin 5
- Jack Rabbit 1
- JacPac 1
- JCB 1
- JD Lohr 1
- JDS Company 1
- JessEm 5
- JET 26
- Jointech 1
- Jorgensen 1
- Kehoe Dovetail Jig Co. Ltd. 0
- King Arthur Tools 1
- Kipli 0
- Kobalt 1
- Kreg 5
- Krylon 1
- Laguna Tools 3
- Lancelot,Squire 0
- Lanko 0
- Lasko 1
- Leatherman 1
- Lee Valley 12
- Leecraft 1
- LeeWay Workshop 1
- Leigh 2
- Lenox 1
- Lie-Nielsen 11
- Lifetime 1
- Linden Publishing 1
- LITE 1
- Little Wizard 0
- LOCKTITE 2
- Lumber Wizard 0
- Lyle Jamieson 1
- M.Power 1
- Magazine 1
- Magswitch 1
- Makita 16
- marples 1
- Martin 1
- Master Woodworking Plans 1
- Mastercraft 1
- MASTERFORCE 1
- Material Choices 1
- Matthew Crawford 1
- Maxwood 1
- McFeeley 1
- McMaster Carr 0
- Medium Density Overlay 1
- Metabo 2
- MHG 1
- Mibro 1
- Micro Jig 2
- Microsoft 1
- Midwest Products 1
- Milescraft 1
- Millers Falls 1
- Milwaukee 4
- MinWax 2
- Mirka 1
- Miterset 1
- MLCS 3
- Morse 1
- Mortise Pal 1
- Mujingfang 1
- Mule Cabinetmaker Machine 2
- Nail Jack 1
- Nail Jack Tools 1
- NAREX 1
- Nicholson 1
- Noden 1
- Norton 2
- Nova 2
- Onieda Air Systems 5
- Osborne 4
- Oshlun 2
- Other 14
- Owens Corning 0
- paddock tool co 1
- Panasonic 0
- Paslode 1
- Passion for Wood 1
- Peachtree Woodworking 1
- peltor 2
- Pennstate Industries 9
- Performax 3
- Pinewood Forge 1
- Plane Iron / Hock Blade 0
- Popular Woodworking 3
- Porter-Cable 21
- Powermatic 16
- Preppin' Weapon 1
- ProCom 1
- ProGold 1
- prowoodworkingtips.com 1
- PSI Industries 0
- PSI-Turncrafter Pro 0
- Quick 220 1
- RBI Hawk G4 0
- Remington 1
- Ridge Carbide Tool 1
- Ridgid 37
- Rikon 8
- Ringmaster 1
- Rob Cosman 1
- Robert Sorby 0
- Robert W. Lang 1
- Robery Sorbey 0
- Rockler 24
- Rockwell 3
- Rodale press 1
- Roy Underhill 1
- Ryobi 18
- Safeskin 1
- SamlingUSA, LLC 1
- Samona 1
- Sandvik 1
- SawStop 5
- Scheppach 2
- scmi 1
- Senco 3
- SensGard 1
- SharkGrip 1
- Shop Built 1
- Shop Fox 4
- shop made 1
- Shopsmith 7
- Silas Kopf 1
- Silverado 0
- Simple Green 2
- Skil 6
- Sojka's Gateway 1
- Sommerfeld 1
- Southworth 1
- Stack-on 1
- Staedtler 0
- Stanley 4
- Starrett 3
- Steel City 20
- Steelex 0
- Sterling Publishing Company 1
- Stewart-MacDonald 1
- Stihl 1
- Stiletto 1
- Stockroom Supply 2
- Stots 1
- StrongHand 1
- Stuessy Creations 3
- Suffolk Machinery Corp 0
- Sunhill Machinery 2
- Superior Radiant Products 1
- Supertiger 0
- Takahashi 1
- Tandy Leather 1
- Task Force 1
- Taunton Press 6
- TCP Global 0
- TD 1
- Tenryu 3
- Terrie Noll 1
- The Craftsman Gallery 1
- the Original Bee's wax 2
- TheCarversCorner 1
- thompson lathe tools 1
- Timberwolf 2
- Timesaver 1
- Titebond 2
- Tool Shop 1
- Top Globol 0
- Tormek 4
- Tornado/craftex 1
- Torque Work Centre 0
- trend 1
- Triton 6
- TST Magnets 1
- Unknown 1
- Vaughan 1
- Vega 0
- Veneering and Marquetry 1
- Veritas 23
- Vinkemulder 1
- WARNING 1
- WD-40 1
- Wecheer 1
- Whiteside 2
- Williams and Hussey 1
- Wilton 0
- Wixey 12
- Wizard Distribution 2
- Wolfcraft 1
- Wood Glide 1
- Wood River 5
- Wood-Mizer 1
- Woodcraft 9
- Woodhaven 1
- Woodline USA 2
- Woodmaster 0
- Woodoc 1
- Woodpeck 0
- Woodpeckers 2
- Woodshop News 1
- Woodshoppers .com 1
- WoodTek 1
- Woodtek Hybrid Table saw 0
- woodworking in action 0
- Woodworking Materials 1
- Woodworking Publication 1
- Woodworking Show 1
- WorkSharp 7
- WORKSHARP WS3000 0
- worktunes 0
- YAS Engineering 2
- Zerust 1
