Woodworking April 2012 Archive

Over the past number of years, Hitachi has established themselves as a manufacturer of quality cordless drills. With their latest offering, the DS18DBL, Hitachi has upheld this fine tradition. This ... Read More

Walk through any fine quality furniture showroom, and you'll find plenty of pieces made with varieties of oak. This hardwood is quite popular for making furniture because when used properly, ... Read More

One of the most important steps in the finishing of any woodworking project is the surface preparation, and likely the most important factor in surface prep is sanding the project ... Read More

The 2012 International Woodworking Fair is fast approaching. In what may be the largest fair devoted to woodworking, IWF is held every two years at the Georgia World Congress Center. ... Read More

With the proliferation of cordless screwdrivers, drills and impact drivers, traditional screwdrivers are much lower on the tool "totem pole" than they used to be. If you have one or ... Read More

When working on a project that uses mechanical fasteners, woodworkers often end up with a variety of extra screws, nuts and bolts left over. It is wise to store these ... Read More

I don't often write about sales promotions, but this one caught my eye and I felt compelled to pass it along. Tool King is having a Porter-Cable sale! You can get ... Read More

As a woodworker, you know that you can never have enough clamps in your woodshop. In many cases, clamps can be expensive, which especially affects woodworkers on a budget. A ... Read More

One increasingly popular aspect of woodworkingis woodturning. Woodturning is comparatively safe, can be done comfortably by people of nearly any age, and a little practice can yield some remarkable results. But ... Read More