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BOSCH Places Second in Battle of Power Tool Brands! Guess Who Got First?
2007-05-04 00:45:00
You may remember our recent battle of the power tool brands where I posted “Battle of the Brands” surveys in our favorite woodworking forums. Well, the results are in! Here’s what you’ll find in this post: 1) The Battle of the Brands TOP TEN 2) Battle of the Brands Extended List with Tool s 3) Top Ten Most Searched on ...
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Ceramic Tile Removal Tools
2007-04-17 22:57:00
We had another “name that tool” question on Tool Crib recently. (Here’s the first “name that tool” we got.) Here goes: “I saw a TV infomercial promoting an unusual tool designed to ‘lift’ ceramic tiles off of floors and walls. It was like a small electric drill with various blades like scrapers. “The tool had an “action” ...
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Crown Molding Coping Jigs and How-To?s
2007-04-17 22:12:00
Coping looks like it’s tear-your-hair-out persnickety. Thankfully I can point you to some awesome coping conversations and resources rather than actually have to do it myself ;P My coping “journey” started with a simple question we got at ToolCrib.com. This one in fact: “is there a jig available to make cope cuts on crown moldings?” I took ...
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Battle of the Brands + Top Ten Power Tool Brand Searches on ToolCrib
2007-04-16 17:21:00
I asked the Tool Crib.com newsletter readers what were their favorite brands - and for what tools and it got me thinking that this might be a good subject for the forums… (thanks for writing in ToolCribbers . Thus Began the Battle of the Brand s I asked our three favorite woodworking forums to tell us what were ...
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ToolCrib.com?s Guide to Your Wood Shop?s Essential Woodworking Tools for $1
2007-04-11 20:40:00
Over 100 responses came in to answer our most recent question: How Would You Outfit Your Wood Shop from Scratch with ONLY $1000? (Please note that this was not in any way a contest!) Keep in mind - this is zero tools, from scratch, bare wood shop and $1,000 for the NEXT YEAR. The question brought ...
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Frank Pellow?s Tool Cabinets Project
2007-04-11 17:08:00
Frank Pellow’s a hardworking Canadian woodworker who tirelessly documents his projects so that others can learn little tips and tricks from him. He kindly sent over a selection of woodworking project threads he started in both FamilyWoodworking and SawmillCreek so that I could share them with my Tool Cribbers. In Frank Pellow’s Tool Cabinets Project he documents ...
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Green DIY and Green Carpentry Resources
2007-04-03 22:57:00
There’s not much in the so-called “Green Building” movement that will shock most woodworkers and DIYers… Ideals like durability, reusing salvaged woods and selecting locally available materials have ALWAYS made sense to craftspeople. If you look through our collection of the 31 most influential woodworkers you’ll find many who were green well before their time. That ...
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DIY Table Saw Alternative: EZ Guide + Circular Saw
2007-04-02 22:27:00
This quote from Woodnetter Burt got my attention in a big way: “I’ve already sold a panel saw because of the EZ and in the next few days, I also plan to sell a unisaw, a Makita 12″ sliding compound and a Shopsmith overarm pin router. All three are being replaced by the EZ equipment.” The ...
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Your Top 3 Table Saw Blades?
2007-03-26 22:03:00
What if you could only have three table saw blades? A WoodNetter asked this recently and I thought you’d find the responses interesting… Be sure to check out the full thread: If you could only have 3 blades for your table saw…. Note: he’s asking because he has around $200 to spend knotscott says: (Ridge Carbide, Forrest, ...
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