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The Hingmy - Review
Every woodworker needs to wear a personalrespirator at some point during the woodworking process. I use mineprimarily when I am sanding or using my router. My dust collectionsystem does a good job of catching most of the dust, but it's notperfect. I use one of the best personal respirator in the markettoday, a
I recently decided to upgrade my chainsawprotective equipment. As it turns out, safety glasses don't reallyprotect from kickback. Who would have figured? For my own safety Idecided to upgrade to a
First and foremost, the Oneida
The Dust Deputy requires the use of bags in the collectionbucket. If a bag is not used, the only way to empty the bucket isto turn the entire shop vac along with the Dust Deputy upside down.This is more on observation rather than a limitation of the DustDeputy.
For me the choice of whether or not the Dusty Deputy has a placein your shop comes down to two criteria: size and expectedusage.
The Dust Deputy is bolted to an existi
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The waste disposal unit in your kitchen is oneof those things you do not think about until it does not workanymore. The waste disposal grinds foods. That's about it.
Last week mine decided to quit on me. That day I suddenly had tolearn all about waste disposal units. Turns out my builder gradeunit had a limited lifespan the second it was installed. Thereplacement, the
If you bother to install a garbage disposal, you might as wellmake it a unit you don't have to think about for a lifetime.The
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A proper splitting axe makes splitting wood amuch easier and safer task. A splitting axe differs from a choppingaxe in the design of its head.
The head head of a splitting axe widens right after the cuttingedge; the whole head is shaped like a wedge. This design pushes thefibers of the log apart during the blow resulting in bettersplitting performance.
The thinner head of a chopping axe is design to maximize thepenetration power of the cutting edge. This makes a chopping axeideal for cross-fiber work, such as
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One of the problem areas in my shop is the airhose. I never seem to find the time to coil it and tuck it away.The hose gets in the way when I swipe the floor, and I step on itall the time.
Recently I got fed up with the problem and decided to by a hosereel. I did not want to buy just any hose reel. I wanted one thatwould do the job well and last a decade. Having purchased a cheapreel for my garden hose that barely lasted a month, I decided toshop for quality. Enter the
You might need a different type of reel in your
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We have all seem Norm use his pocket holemachine on the New Yankee Workshop. I wanted one the first time Isaw him use his. Not that I needed it. Pocket hole jigs can beplenty fast for small projects. One day a
Kreg sells two versions of the Foreman. A pneumatic
One of the most laborious tasks for the hobbywoodworker is breaking down sheet goods. 8x4ft sheets are heavy andmost of us do not have the panel saw required to handle themefficiently. Instead we all use a circular saws with astraightedge, or a table saw with an array roller stands to supportthe plywood.
A panel saw is by far the best option, but it is also anexpensive one. One alternative of a somewhat lesser pedigree is atrack saw. Since I do not have the space for a panel saw, Ipurchased the DeWalt DWS520CK.
I use a lot of pocket hole joinery in myprojects. Every face frame I build uses at least four pocket holes.Recently I decided to upgrade from my basic
Construction of the jig is high quality. I have little doubtthat the jig can handle anything the hobbyist can throw at it. Itwill never break in a home woodshop environment. For production,however, I fear the jig has too many moving parts. There is justtoo much that can go wrong. Since I have not used the jig in suchan environment, consider this a guess rather tha
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We use the Dowel Max in our shop. You can watchthe videos on youtube to see how it works. What you probably wantto hear from me is how accurate the thing is. The Amazon reviewsare correct. This jig is the real deal. It is 100% accurate. Simpleto use and dead accurate every time.
The thing it does not do so well is positioning that first dowelin exactly the right spot. When joining two pieces of equalthickness it doesn't matter if the dowels are closer to one surfacethan the other. Positioning the dowels when the two pieces areof
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