Woodworking Tips and Tools

Milwaukee Announces New M28 Lithium-Ion Battery

Written by drbob on August 6, 2010 – 9:08 am -

Over the next several months, Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation will transition all V28 cordless power tools to the new M28 lithium-ion battery pack. While providing an improved battery pack with more advanced electronics, the new M28 lithium-ion system will be completely compatible with current V28 products, as the tools themselves will not change.

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Woodworking Power Tools Make Great Father’s Day Gifts

Written by drbob on June 10, 2010 – 6:49 pm -

Father’s Day is rapidly approaching and many of us have not yet decided what to give that special person in our lives. I will always remember the joy on my father’s face when he opened the new woodworking tool we had selected for his father’s day gift. It was the same on Christmas.

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How To Build Cabinets Video

Written by drbob on June 8, 2010 – 7:42 pm -

How To Build Cabinets Video

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Benchtop Drill Press Review

Written by drbob on May 8, 2010 – 3:29 pm -

With nearly as much capacity and power as floor-standing units, these brutes get the job done -- for half the price.
Thinking about buying a floor-model drill press? Consider this: Nearly all drilling in woodworking calls for the table to be situated within 4" of the chuck. That means a benchtop drill press not only can handle most of your drilling needs but it also costs about half as much as a floor-standing model.

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Choose the Right Saw to Miter Crown Molding

Written by drbob on April 10, 2010 – 9:34 am -

To install crown molding, you have to fit the pieces together at the corners. This is usually done by mitering the ends. And you can use either a standard or a compound saw. The techniques for cutting crown are different for each saw, though, so you have to understand how each one works.
Miter Saw — On a standard miter saw, the blade and motor are mounted to a table that can be rotated to the left or right. If the table is set in the middle, the blade cuts straight across the workpiece. Rotate the table, and the blade cuts the workpiece at an angle. This is a miter cut.
Compound Miter Saw — A compound miter saw works the same way. But the blade assembly can also be tilted so that instead of coming down vertically, the blade comes down at an angle. This is called a bevel cut.
Cutting Crown Molding — When you cut a miter and bevel together, this is called a compound miter. And that's the type of cut needed for cutting the ends of crown molding.
This is because crown molding sits at an angle between the wall and ceiling. This is called the "spring angle," and it's not 45°. That means you can't lay the molding flat on the miter saw table, set the miter angle at 45°, and get an accurate cut.
With a standard miter saw, the solution is to stand the molding on the saw table at its spring angle, as shown below left. This works very well, but it's a little fussy to set up.

With a compound miter saw, you rotate the table to the proper miter angle, and then tilt the head to the corresponding bevel angle. Then you can lay the molding flat on the table to make the correct compound-miter cut Above right.