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Successful Woodworking in a Tiny Workshop |
If you think that your woodworking workshop is too small, then “Join the Club!” There is hardly a woodworker, professional or otherwise, who is comfortable with his workspace. If you are like me, there always seems to be less and less room to accommodate more and more tools and stuff in…
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Best Apps and Calculators for Woodworkers |
No matter how long you have been into woodworking, you will no double recognize and appreciate the part that technology is playing in making our preparation work easier and less time consuming. Among the technology helpers that can make life much easier are apps and calculator programs that will turn…
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Reclaimed Wood is Chic and Big Business |
BY CHERYL TRUMAN Everything at Lexington’s newest mega shopping/retail complex The Summit at Fritz Farm, on Nicholasville Road at Man o’ War, is brand new except for the parts that aren’t which makes the whole place even more fashionable. That would be the reclaimed wood, both inside and out. Outside,…
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Bench Vises |
The key to great results when working at your bench is securely holding your work-piece in place. What is it that really turns a bench into a work-bench? For us woodworkers, its a bench vise. More specifically a face vise and tail vise that allow you to quickly and securely…
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Why You Should NEVER Stand Behind a Tablesaw |
You should never stand behind a table saw blade when cutting wood. The reason: “kickback,” the term for when the ultra-fast-spinning blade grabs the wood, lifts it up and throws it back away from the saw. Woodworker David Picciuto discovered the power of this effect firsthand during a trip to…