Product Reviews

Canadian Woodworking, provides unbiased, expert evaluations of woodworking tools and accessories to help you make informed buying decisions.

  • GRR-RIPPER

    GRR-RIPPER

    The Adjustable Push Block System

    November 17, 2003
    Carl Duguay
  • veritas shoulder plane

    Veritas: lord of the planes

    Veritas has introduced two new products that are getting a lot of woodworker’s attention: the Veritas Medium Shoulder Plane and the Veritas Scraping Plane.

    November 16, 2003
    Carl Duguay
  • air nailers

    We shop test 11 air nailers

    Air tools are becoming much more common in woodworking shops. We look at 11 popular models.

    September 17, 2003
    Carl Duguay
  • Leigh Mortise and Tenon Jig

    Leigh mortise and tenon jig

    The mortise and tenon is arguably one of the most widely used joints in the woodworker’s repertoire.

    July 18, 2003
    Carl Duguay
  • Dura-Grit Accessories

    Dura-Grit accessories

    The Dura-Grit products are designed for rough and fine shaping as well as finish sanding of wood materials.

    July 18, 2003
    Graham McCulloch
  • Excalibur Mitre Guide

    Excalibur mitre guide

    The Osborne EB-3 Mitre Guide by Excalibur is one of the finest, dead-on accurate table saw mitre guides that I have ever used.

    July 18, 2003
    Graham McCulloch
  • Mast-R-Lift

    Mast-R-Lift

    Recently JessEm announced a new addition to their family of router accessory products, the Mast-R-Lift.

    March 20, 2003
    Carl Duguay
  • titemark

    Tite-Mark marking gauge

    There are all manner of marking and cutting gauges on the market and many have been around for ages – Noah probably used one while building the ark.

    January 20, 2003
    Carl Duguay
  • RouterRaizer

    RouterRaizer

    The RouterRaizer is an ingenious way of raising and lowering your router bits from the top of the table.

    January 20, 2003
    Graham McCulloch
  • festool saw

     Festool ATF55E track saw

    What makes the ATF55E so useful, in my view, is the Festool guide system that you use in conjunction with the saw.

    November 21, 2002
    Carl Duguay
  • bodygrip router

    Milwaukee 1-3/4 HP BodyGrip router

    There are quite a few mid-size routers on the market, so it’s no wonder that selecting one can be such a challenge.

    November 21, 2002
    Carl Duguay
  • Furniture & Cabinet Construction

    Furniture & cabinet construction

    This book is a reference for designing and building furniture, providing useful design information for those who want to design their own furniture and step-by-step construction details for anyone who uses plans to build from.

    January 19, 2002
    Michel Theriault
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