These are the most popular hand-powered sanders for woodworkers and DIYers.
Know Your Tools
Canadian Woodworking, offers guides to help woodworkers select, use, and maintain their tools effectively and confidently.
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Get the Most Out Of Your Jointer. Jointers are available in benchtop or stationary format.
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Compact drill/drivers provide ample power for most day-to-day drilling and screwing tasks, making them ideal for DIYers, hobbyist woodworker, furniture makers, and trades people who primarily drill smaller diameter holes (under 1"), sink shorter screws (under 2-1/2"), and tighten smaller nuts and bolts.
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Get the most out of your lathe.
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Bandsaws are versatile shop machines that don’t take up much floor space, and are both easy and reasonably safe to use.
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With a stationary (aka fixed-base) router, the cutting depth remains constant while the router is in use.
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To drill straight and true holes quickly, easily, and consistently, you’ll need a drill press. The model you choose should be based on the type of drilling you do.Â
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Also called a variety saw because of all the operations that can be completed on it, the table saw is the backbone of many wood shops.
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Cyclone collectors are more efficient at handling wood chips and dust than single-stage collectors. Â
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A dado set is not for cutting workpieces to size, but rather for machining joinery cuts like dados, rabbets, grooves and tenons.
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Brad nailers are among the most popÂular pneumatic tools in the workshop, and with good reason.
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Compact air compressors can power a range of tools, including pinners, nailers, staplers, drills, ratchets, and sprayers.
