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Check out the Mullet

You gotta protect your lungs from dust. Shop vacuums work great, but dust can QUICKLY clog the filter on a shop vacuum. If air can’t get out, air can’t get in, so performance drops off really fast. What’s a Mullet? The Mullet High-Speed Cyclone Dust Collector is a cyclonic separator that goes in line between…

Product Review: Hock Plane Iron

Discover the joy of hand planing. Ron Hock produces premium aftermarket plane blades and cap irons. See what a difference these tool upgrades can make to your hand plane and your woodworking projects. Is it worth the upgrade cost? Master woodworker Paul Mayer talks about the hock plane iron and answers the question based on…

Hearing Protection from ISOTunes

You’ve gotta protect your hearing. Most tools run around 105+ decibels. That needs to get toned down to 85 db or less to be safe. ISOTunes offers lots of products that’ll help you with this. What is ISOTunes Aware Technology? If you’re in a shop environment with other people you need to wear hearing protection…

Powermatic Tenon Jig: Product Review

The Powermatic TJ Tenoning Jig has a unique feature; you can use the cutting tool you cut the mortise with to set up the jig and dial in the resulting tenon. Seems like a great idea. Does it work? Let’s find out. This is the unique feature of the Powermatic Tenon Jig. Sandwich the cutting…

Next Wave Router Table

Next Wave CNC has been known in the CNC industry for a long time. One of their latest innovations is the RS 1000 router table. Imagine CNC-like control of your router table fence and the bit you’ve installed in the table, and you have the RS 1000. The fob You’ll see a fob, or pendant,…

How to Buy a Lathe

Master woodworker George Vondriska provides tips on how to buy the right lathe for your woodworking projects. A WoodWorkers Guild of America original video.

Frame Mortise and Tenon Jig

Want to achieve perfect mortise and tenon joinery every time? Master woodworker George Vondriska provides step-by-step instruction on how to use an FMT (Frame Mortise and Tenon) jig to cut mortise and tenon joinery for your woodworking projects.

Product Review: Slab Stitcher

Cutting bowties into slabs, cookies, tabletops… is quite the rage. Slab Stitcher has created a complete package for this process that includes the required templates, guide bushing, router bit, AND the bowties. Complete starter kits as shown here range in price from $80 to $115. A handful of companies make templates. What’s unique about Slab…

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Diablo Steel Demon Circular Saw Blade Review

Wow!! That’s my very understated reaction to the Freud Steel Demon circular saw blade. I ran across this blade while shopping for circular saw blades at a home center, and was amazed to see that it’s capable of cutting mild steel up to ¼” thick. No way!! I figured it’s time for a circular saw…

Product Review: ISOtunes Pro

ISOtunes Pro headphones offer some cool benefits for woodworkers: Bluetooth connection to your phone, hearing protection, and—what I think is the coolest feature—suppression of background noise when you’re on the phone. That means you can keep workin’ while you’re talkin’. This video provides you with an example of just how the noise suppression works. Check…