Rob Johnstone
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Unlikely Heroes
Have you ever had a product (like a tool, for example) perform far beyond your expectations? I had a drill driver like that. Years ago (when I actually worked for a living — unlike now where I just get to do this instead), I was on my way to a job site when I hit a curve on the freeway a couple of miles an hour over the speed limit.
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Rockler Micro Adjuster: Set Up Once – Cut Once
Rockler Woodworking and Hardware has developed a magnetic micro adjuster that is easy to use and can be moved from tool to tool as needed.
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It’s Time, Time, Time
Recently, I got my hands on some quartersawn, 300-year-old longleaf pine. (Find out why, how and where in the July/August issue of the Woodworker’s Journal print magazine.) So, after the wood had acclimatized to my shop, I glued up a blank and started turning a rather large cake display plate.
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Spring’s New Opportunities
Spring … which has just arrived here in Minnesota … is an exciting time of year. New growth and new opportunities abound. Key to the experience of spring are Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Each year they come along and allow us to celebrate our parental experience as a child, a parent or both.
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Back in the Groove
By now, most of you will know that our last eZine was our annual April Fool’s issue. Chock-full of sophomoric (or perhaps pre-sophomoric) humor, it engendered tons of observations from you: our eZine faithful.
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Clamp-It goes Adjustable Multi-angle Assembly Tool Hits the Market.
A few years ago, the product development guys at Rockler Woodworking and Hardware had one of those “Ah-ha!” moments.
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Spring is Coming … Later
Although we’ve had an exceptionally mild winter this year, yesterday we had a reminder that old man winter still has a few tricks up his sleeve. (Probably a Thinsulate™ parka of some sort.) In any case, I awoke to several inches of the heaviest, stickiest snow that I have ever encountered in my life.
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RIDGID R2930: Router with Two Bases
This new offering from RIDGID is everything you’ve come to expect in the 2 ¼ horsepower category.
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WJ’s First “Online Chat” a Success
As some of you may know, last Sunday night we hosted our very first online chat here at the Woodworker’s Journal. I must admit to some pre-chat jitters.
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Too Much of a Good Thing?
If you’re reading this week’s eZine on the actual day that it’s issued, you’ll be reading it on Valentine’s Day. The day of love for reading about the hobby you love: how cool is that?
