The Dial Indicator andIt’s Uses in Woodworking
A dial indicator is not a tool one would typically associate with woodworking, but if you own woodworking machinery, it can provide a high degree of accuracy when setting up…
Rick Schulmeister
Useful Woodworking Hand Tools For The Workshop
Woodworking hand tools make up the biggest portion of any woodworker’s tool inventory. And the longer you’ve been working with wood, the more wood working tools you’ll likely have acquired.…
Woodworking Terms and Terminology
This collection of woodworking terms will be an ongoing process and will be updated on a regular basis for the immediate future. Woodworking terminology can be quite confusing to people…
Table Saw Safety Tips and Practices
I’ve put together this collection of table saw safety tips as a quick reference for the budding woodworker with little or no experience with the table saw. Of course, everyone…
How To Set Up Your Stacked Dado Blade Set
A stacked dado blade set is one of those accessories that every table saw owner should have in their tool inventory. For me, there’s hardly a better way to cut…
Digital Calipers – Make Good Use of Them In Your Workshop
It wasn’t long after I got my first digital calipers that I wondered how on earth I ever got along without them. Also know as electronic calipers, they provide very…
Make Accurate Box Joints With an Easy to Set Box Joint Jig
No doubt you’ve seen similar versions of this box joint jig (often called a finger joint jig) in your travels around the internet. It’s pretty easy to construct, but many…
Using T Track For Woodworking Jigs, Fixtures and Accessories
Many of the woodworking jigs and fixtures I make have at least one length of t-track built into them. A t-slot aluminum extrusion provides an easy way to make jigs…
Dado Saw Blades
Freud SD208 dado saw blade review Good quality dado saw blades don’t have to cost a fortune. And, after a few cuts with the Freud sd208 stacked dado set, I’m…
Use a Transfer Punch ForAccurate Hole Drilling
Originally designed for metalworking, the transfer punch is just as useful in the woodworking shop. Copying the hole pattern from a piece of equipment to it’s mounting base by rotating…