Powermatic
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Your Dust-collection Details
Readers dish on their dust-collection solutions.
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May/June 2020 What’s in Store Roundup
Take a closer look at the tools featured in the May/June 2020 What’s in Store, including offerings from Rockler and Powermatic.
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Reader Dan Martin’s Shop-made Blade Guard/Hold-down
Reader Dan Martin made his own table saw blade guard for a Powermatic 66 saw. The guard includes a dust collection system and doubles as a great hold-down as well. See it in action in this reader submitted video.
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PM2200 Cyclonic Dust Collector
Industry-first, auto-cleaning HEPA filter technology on this 3hp cyclonic dust collector traps particles down to 0.3 micron. Single-handed drum release and swiveling casters makes the drum easier to remove for cleaning.
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Powermatic® 3520C Wood Lathe
Fourth-generation, heavy-duty lathe offers robust construction, more user-friendly features.
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Powermatic Unveils CNC Routers
Three-axis machines in two sizes with a full complement of features.
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Powermatic PM2244 Drum Sander
LED Control Panel, Feed Logic, just two of this new machine’s many smart features.
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Powermatic® Tailstock Swing Away
Hinged accessory enables tailstock to be tipped down and out of the way easily.
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A Tool By Any Other Name…
Our recent Woodworker’s Journal eZine Industry Interview with Rockwell Tools engendered quite a few comments with the general take that if the tools are Asian-made, the name means little.
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The Ones that Get Away
When folks find out that I review woodworking tools for a living, one of the first questions they usually ask is, “Do you get to keep them?” Especially those good-natured freight truck drivers who bring this stuff to my shop. Many of them are woodworkers. They really want to know.
Here’s the honest answer: usually, no, I don’t get to keep the tools.
