There are lots of choices to be made when setting up a first workshop or upgrading an existing shop. Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned woodworker, these hand and power tools, machines, and workshop accessories will help you work smarter, safer and more efficiently. This is our 9th annual roundup of Small Shop Essentials.
Using the right tools and accessories you’ll greatly improve your precision, reduce mistakes and use your shop time more efficiently.
An unsung hero of a hand tool woodworker's kit, the shoulder plane can be used by every woodworker for a multitude of tasks. Although it's great for fine-tuning tenon fit, it's not a one-trick pony.
…on small-batch furniture, hand shaping and dancing in the shop.
Steve Der-Garabedian shows you how he used Festool Domino Connectors to join the stiles and legs on his new sawhorses.
Files and rasps allow you to carefully remove small amounts of material with a freeform approach, mainly on concave and convex edges. These shaping tools help create and fair gentle curves, fine-tune edges and reduce the amount of sanding needed on some small, rough, 3D surfaces.
Woodworkers and DIYers from across Canada have chosen the best tools of 2019.
Learn about the basic types of specialty woodworking router bits.
With the wide selection of new products that come out annually, it can be overwhelming to have to keep up to date with everything that hits the market. To make this task easier on Canadian Woodworking & Home Improvement readers, we have assembled this list of “Hot Products” to kick off 2020.
Know Your Tools: Western Style Handsaws
Hot Products 2018: With the wide selection of new products that come out annually, it can be overwhelming to have to keep up to date with everything that hits the market. To make this task easier on Canadian Woodworking & Home Improvement readers, we have assembled this list of “Hot Products” to kick off 2019.
If a hand tool isn't working well consider the sharpness of its cutting edge.
A router equipped with a joinery bit makes quick work of repetitive joinery tasks.
Use these router bits with a fixed base or plunge router or on a router table to create simple or complex edge profiles.
Know Your Tools: This simple looking tool has a lot to offer woodworkers. You already know the basics, but learn about what else this square can help you out with.
Rob Brown shows you how you can add texture to your woodworking projects.
…on sanding all night, travelling and trying to turn stones.
The most frequently used type of router bit, essential for cutting grooves, dados and rabbets as well as for mortising.
Woodworking products to help you tool your shop.
Marking and cutting gauges are precision tools that enable you to scribe lines parallel to the edge of your stock – typically up to about 6" from the edge.
Learn how studio furniture maker Steve Der-Garabedian cuts wedges with his bandsaw.
Rob Brown gives you tips on working with sheet goods.
...on power naps, drafting and teaching his daughter woodworking.
Rob Brown shows you how to make efficient, productive shop jigs.
