Joanna Werch Takes
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Wood Movement Master: Calculating Wood’s Wacky Wandering
It’s not every day only about every other one that we hear from a woodworker who wonders What Went Wrong with a project in which the wood has cracked.
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Fast and Strong: DeWalt’s Cordless Finish Nailer
With a line of four multi-volt 12/14.4 volt models, DeWalt introduces its first heavy-duty cordless finish nailers. Among them is the DC612KA, a 1 1/4″ 2 1/2″, 16-gauge straight finish nailer.
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Triton Takes the Plunge with a Cordless Plunge Drill
The image we have of Australians is that they’re a bit cocksure of themselves, a bit wacky, not afraid of experimentation and that seems to be confirmed in what they’ve come up with as the newest tool from Triton.
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Milescraft SpiroCrafter: Consider Yourself…Artistic
If you have a plunge router or even a rotary tool you can make signs, decorative cutouts and all sorts of other embellishments on your woodworking projects with the SpiroCrafter from Milescraft.
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Empire Manufacturing: Saving Tools
Tim Goldberg is proud that his company’s products — with names like TopSaver, BladeSaver and ToolSaver — are helping to keep tools running clean and well in both basement shops and high-powered factories.
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Modified Square: When Is a Square Not Just a Square?
Martin Doyle was a welder/fitter in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when he came up with the idea for his modified square. Martin used it to try to get around the edge of a flange, but then he started showing it around, and people told him woodworkers could use it.
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Dremel: The Next Generation
You’ve probably been familiar with the traditional “Dremel tool” for a few years. Now, it’s time to check out their newest offering.
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Black and Decker: Consolidation in the Tool Industry
Tool company buffs who were paying close attention last week may have caught a glimpse — a preview, if you will — of the future of the industry.
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Rockler Woodworking and Hardware: Thirty-Four Stores…But Not Holding
Now offering its namesake woodworking and hardware supplies through retail and Internet avenues, as well as the continuing catalog, the company recently took advantage of an opportunity that was too good to pass up.
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Stud Buddies: Buddies in Storage
Now that you’re a grown woodworker – with all the tools strewn across your shop to prove it – it’s the Stud Buddy that’s ready to lend you a hand.
