Building a storage shed

When opening the box containing this Craftsman Router Combo, I was immediately surprised by the amount of “stuff” in the case. It was very well laid out, with everything in a place that seemed to mak

Well Hafele Canada actually……

With all the posts on Festool lately, I decided to look into their tools again. I’d tried dealing with Hafele Canada before with no success and the prices I manage

I know there has been a lot of interest about Grizzly shipping to Canada. I was in need of a new 3 HP table saw and was quite eager to get Grizzly’s new G1023 saw with the riving knife. The 2010 G10

I started with a very similar lathe (Canwood) and found it a good, inexpensive lathe to learn on. I turned everything from spindles to lidded boxes, bowls and hollow vessels with that lathe. I foun

A woodworker can never have enough clamps. It doesn’t matter whether they’re bar clamps, pipe clamps, quick clamps or spring clamps, at one point or another, you’ll likely wish you had more clamps.

Because woodworking clamps are such useful tools, woodworkers end up acquiring many different kinds of clamps. Some clamps are easier to work with than others, while some have very specialized

Photo 1: Clamp the straightedge

Assemble a “T-square” jig with a 1×2 and a 1×6. Clamp it to your work piece.

Photo 2: Rout the dado

Cut the dado using the 1×6 as a guide.

Dadoes (o

The task of cutting large panels is relatively easy with a table saw. By the same token, making square cross-cuts on planks is a piece of cake with a miter saw or a properly tuned radial-arm saw.