Jack-Be-Nimble
These two new jacks do everything the older ones do but incorporate some welcome clamp characteristics. A year or two ago I talked about some new jacks not intended for…
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Tool + Accessory = A Better Tool
Milwaukee has added more offerings in its ever-growing category of vacuum tool accessories, with a couple of them great for woodworkers. The company’s “Air-Tip” tools have always been targeted at the…
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Popular Woodworking is going to Taiwan
In a few weeks, I’ll be flying halfway around the world to attend Wood Taiwan, a leading trade show for woodworking machinery and furniture manufacturing. Held April 23–26 at the…
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Flash Sale: Grab the Pattern Maker’s Vise Before It’s Sold Out!
If you’ve followed my posts for a while, you know I am a huge advocate for the Pattern Maker’s Vise (often referred to as the “Luthier’s” or “Guitar Maker’s Vise”)….
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End of an Era
1953. That’s when woodworkers were first able to buy an entire shop in a box with the commercial introduction of the Shopsmith Mark V. Hans Goldschmidt invented the concept in the late 1940s, tinkering with it in the form of …
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A New Twist
I love stumbling upon a new tool I didn’t know existed, and it’s been several months since the last time I did. Typically, I spot these on the Internet and a good bit of the time it’s from a …
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