I work in the Kansas City Woodworker’s Guild, a shared shop with a fleet of Sawstops, bandsaws, jointers, planers, drill presses, mortising machines, wide-belt sanders, lathes, a panel saw, router tables, CNC machines, and innumerable handheld power tools. The entire lot of equipment would rival any commercial shop (all for the low membership due of about $100/year!). For me, the most stunning feature is the hand tool cabinet containing all of the Lie-Nielsen hand planes and saws in production, even the special joinery planes. I’d trade all the machines (except maybe the bandsaw) for that cabinet. The cabinet is the bench room, a space designated specifically for handwork and separate from the machine area.
The swipe of a plane, the shush of a saw, the tapping of a chisel. I find happiness in these quiet, pleasing sounds of work at the bench, where sawdust gathers in soft piles and shavings thinner than paper roll along the floor. I find happiness in my tools that facilitate the desire to do good work by their very existence. Far away from the buzzing, shouting, and biting machines of the shop, this calm setting has, at its heart, an intuited expectation of precision and craft, leaving my head clear and ready to do work worth putting my name on.
I prefer to work as far from machines as I can. Most of the time, it’s too loud, dusty, and distressing for me to justify setting up and using a machine across the shop when there’s a beautiful handsaw right there. Besides, as I mentioned, the guild is a shared shop which can, on busy days, mean a line to get to the chop saw or one of the jointers.
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BauBuche
This laminated material comes from Germany, and is made of hundreds of layers of European beech.
Square Platter with Textured Rim
Adding a bit of texture and colour to a square platter is a great way to dress up a simple design.
Excedo Side Table
With one board, you can put together this side table that packs in a bunch of great woodworking techniques.
Lignomat Mini-LIGNO DX/C
One of the hardest things for me to explain as a woodworking instructor is the importance of knowing the moisture content of the wood you're working with.
Gen II Compact Brushless 1/2" Drill/Driver
I have to confess this review is coming from a fairly biased space-the first generation ONE+ HP Compact Drill is probably my favorite drill I've ever owned.
Inlays with Origin
Origin, the hand-held CNC from Shaper Tools, makes creating inlays effortless.
Deluxe Scriber
There are often times, where there's simply no substitute for the right tool.
Ryobi Compact Barrel Grip Jigsaw
A jigsaw is a great tool for all sorts of quick cuts in the shop. With that in mind, the ONE+ HP Compact Brushless Barrel Grip Jig Saw is just the right size to make it a go-to choice.
Ultrashear Flat Top Blade
Several issues back, I introduced our readers to a new lineup of blades from Woodpeckers.
Metabo HPT 12" Dual Bevel Sliding Miter Saw
In my shop I have fairly high standards for a miter saw.