TGB
associate editor, retired
Contributions
Who Begot Who? Comparing Planes from Lie-Nielsen, Wood River and Stanley
A look at the similarities and differences of three closely related planes
Arkansas honors Fine Woodworking author as Living Treasure
Doug Stowe recognized for lifetime achievment
New retro-fit kits let you add riving knife to some General tablesaws
General Manufacturing has just announced riving-knife kits for their 10-in., 3hp, cabinet saw models 350 and 650. The kits contains everything needed to add a riving-knife to those saws. That means...
High-school students tackle "Table with a Twist"
We hear it repeated a lot: Fewer young people are attracted to woodworking as a hobby. That might be generally true, but certainly not everywhere. I’m pleased to report that the craft is alive and well at Auburn High School in Auburn, Washington.
New mini-lathe features granite bed and headstock
Steel City Tool Works has added a mini-lathe to its growing line of machines that substitute granite for cast iron. The lathe, model No. 60170G, features a 1/2 hp totally enclosed fan-cooled TEFC...
Dust Deputy arrests dust
Mini cyclone separator helps your shop vacuum run at peak efficiency
Woodworking as a security blanket
Leave your worries at the workshop door
An air-quality monitor at an affordable price
Wood dust isn’t good for your lungs. And, of all the wood dust that floats in the air of your shop, the smallest particles -- those under 2.5 microns (or about 1/24th the size of a human hair...
Seventeen-in-one rabbet bit
New bit from Infinity Tools
Martha Stewart visits with Lie-Nielsen Toolworks
For a few minutes this morning, Martha Stewart put aside the herb crepes with wild mushrooms and visited with Tom Lie-Nielsen, founder of Lie-Nielsen Toolworks. He talked about his hand tools and...
Woodworking as brain-food
A regular dose of woodworking does wonders for the brain
Bosch buys Freud
Bosch Power Tools announced this morning that it reached an agreement to acquire Freud’s accessory-business. The accessory-business of Freud makes router bits, sawblades, and other...
Good, cheap, stocking stuffers
Some of my favorite and most-often used woodworking tools cost less than a fruitcake. So, with the gift-giving holidays just a short sleigh ride down-the-road, I wanted to pass along my suggestions for woodworking tools that are both useful and cheap. Any of them slip easily into a stocking hung from a fireplace mantle.
New on Fine Woodworking
Congats to Mark Laub, Winner of our Cabinet Contest
Fine Woodworking Editors | November 6th, 2009
bedside table
rushfan | November 6th, 2009
Free Handplane Book Download for Online Members
GEide | November 6th, 2009
