Steve 
Murphy and his stupid law dictates that an air conditioner must always break down at the absolute worst time: right after the repair services close up shop for the weekend. And always in the dead …
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The best season for outdoor fun depends on where you live. In the “sunshine state” (my neck of the woods), our seasons go as follows: 3 weeks of winter > 2 weeks of bliss > …
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We’ve all been there; you load up a new tool box or equipment case only to realize that everything just flops around and bangs against each other. Your valuable microphones, cameras, lens, tools, test equipment …
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When someone mentions “Kreg jig” or “Kreg joint”, every woodworker within earshot knows exactly what they’re referring to. As a brand, Kreg offers a lot of different products. But as an icon, their name is …
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For me and my “organizationally-challenged” brothers and sisters, garages and workshops are zones of chaos, where storage deficiencies and surplus “stuff” become life partners. The more tools and toys we acquire, the more we need …
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If you’ve woodworked for more than about five minutes, you likely spent most of that time looking for ways to safely hold a workpiece while you do things to it: routing, scraping, sanding, cutting, carving, …
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I un-fondly muse of yanking four score and seven million times on the starter cord of a gas string trimmer that sat idle for the winter. A breathless carb gummed by gooey regret led to …
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Accessories, Featured, Rockler, Woodworking
The term “game changer” is often thrown around when new tools come out. It’s a grandiose way of saying it does something (in this case, makes drawers and other open boxes) easier, faster or better …
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No matter how lightly you tread, your shoes are high powered dirt magnets that inevitably bring the outdoors in. Luckily, others handle the indoor vacuuming at my home – it’s one of the perks of …
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Accessories, Rockler, Safety, Woodworking
If you’re one of those people who prefer not to sustain serious injury, you may be familiar with a little thing called “safety”. We woodworkers encounter many “opportunities” for bodily injury. The router table is …
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