Archive for the 'WoodCraft' Category
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Woodcraft is having a sale at all their locations this Friday and Saturday — twenty percent off all Jet and Powermatic tools and accessories. It’s not a bad deal, especially if you’re looking at getting a big piece of gear like a full-sized wood planer, table saw, or floor-standing drill press.
So if you had your eye on a Powermatic PM2000 3HP table saw, for instance, you’d normally be out about three grand; this weekend you can shave about $600 off that. Unless you’re buying equipment used or off the back of a truck, you probably won’t find better deals on this big a selection anytime soon.
I’m going down to check it out, but will wind up leaving my wallet in the car just in case I’m tempted –- which has happened in the past.
Sale Sheet [Woodcraft]
Posted in Dealmonger, Power Tools, Shop Tools, WoodCraft | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
I don’t know how woodworkers do it. A good quality clamp will run you $30 to $60 per clamp — yet most committed woodworkers have a wall of 20 to 50+ clamps. That money would buy me the cabinet saw I’ve been looking at, and I feel lucky to own the half-dozen bar clamps that I do have. This R&R Stackable Clamp System at my local Woodworks caught my eye, and it looks like a good deal — but unfortunately it’s still out of my budget.
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Posted in Fasteners, R&R Clamp, WoodCraft, Woodworking | 4 Comments »
Monday, April 20th, 2009
Incra’s miter sliders provide rigid and stable T-slot runners for your router table, table saw, or band saw jigs. Incra designed them for use with their Build-It System panels, but they can also give your custom jigs precise-fitting runners with minimum play.
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Posted in Accessories, Amazon, Incra, McFeely's, Rockler, WoodCraft, Woodworking | 3 Comments »
Monday, April 13th, 2009
Some glue dries clear, some dries yellow, some dries brown. Regardless of what color it dries, one thing’s for sure — it’ll be the wrong color. If you need color-matched glue, FastCap sells a colorant kit for their 2P-10 two-part adhesive that might do the trick.
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Posted in Adhesives, Fastcap, WoodCraft | 3 Comments »
Friday, April 10th, 2009
We’d like to give credit to reader fred who recommended some Zerust products in this post almost a year ago — we forgot about it until we saw these liners for sale. Of course we’ve talked about non-slip toolbox liners before, here and here, but if you’re thinking about throwing down that kind of money for the Craftsman product, why not buy a non-slip liner that also protects your tools from corrosion for almost the same price?
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Posted in Amazon, Storage, WoodCraft | 3 Comments »
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
A blade organizer like this one might be a little overkill if your tools never leave the shop, but if you’re constantly on the move, having all your blades in one secure location could be worth the $40+ price tag.
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Posted in Eagle America, Storage, WoodCraft | 3 Comments »
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Shopping at my local Woodcraft, I was torn between these Polypropylene Glue Spreaders and the typical horsehair brushes, the ones with the metal handles and about a 1/2″ of horsehair. With all those fibers, the horsehair has more surface area, which equates to more glue on the brush — but they’ve only got a few uses in ‘em till they’re just too gooped up, and then they hit the trash can. These plastic glue spreaders, on the other hand, are reusable with most woodworking glues; just let the glue dry and it’ll peel right off.
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Posted in WoodCraft, Woodworking | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
A kind reader tipped us off to this deal going on over at Woodcraft — they’re selling some of their router bits for $5 each! The sale price is good on nine different styles of 1/2″-shank, carbide-tipped router bits, including dovetail, cove, rabbet, vee, ogee, and others.
$5 Router Bits [Woodcraft]
Posted in Dealmonger, Drills/Bits, WoodCraft | No Comments »
Monday, March 2nd, 2009
R.J.R. Studios claims their SAND-FLEE portable drum sander is more versatile than an overhead drum sander, is easier to use than a belt sander, and gives you more control than an orbital sander. It also runs very clean, capturing most of the dust in its base even without a vacuum attached to its 2-1/2″ dust port.
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Posted in Abrasives, WoodCraft, Woodworking | 4 Comments »
Friday, February 27th, 2009
The edge of regular sanding discs can dig into your prized work, but New Wave sanding discs have wavy edges that curl over the side of the sanding pad, so the edge doesn’t come in contact with the workpiece.
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Posted in Accessories, Amazon, Lee Valley, WoodCraft, Woodworking | 3 Comments »
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
The selection of engineered building materials available to contractors and the general public gets bigger and better every year — there’s melamine, plywood, Baltic birch plywood, chipboard, MDO, MDF, particle board, phenolic, and more. One of the relative newcomers, phenolic-faced plywood looks to be a good combination of stability, strength, and water resistance.
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Posted in Rockler, WoodCraft, Woodworking | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Mobility and stability don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Mount these heavy-duty casters from Woodcraft to your machine, and when you’re done moving it you can raise the machine off the caster and level it at the same time with the included wrench.
The casters attach to your machine with a four-hole plate, and they’re rated for 660 lbs apiece or 1,320 lbs spread between all four casters. Also, the feet are made of a material that reduces vibration, so your machine will be more stable under use.
A set of four casters runs $100 at Woodcraft.
Leveling Casters [Woodcraft]
Posted in Accessories, WoodCraft | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Granite is becoming a popular material for the workshop. It’s dimensionally stable and corrosion-free, and its polished, slick surface makes it ideal for machine tables, but is it a good material for precision measuring tools? Steel City seems to think so — they’re selling an angle gauge made from it.
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Posted in Measuring, WoodCraft | 6 Comments »
Friday, January 16th, 2009
We’ve all seen magnetic catches on cabinets — you know, the kind where if you pull hard enough you overcome the magnetic force to open the door. But the bigger the door, the bigger the magnet needed to hold it closed and the harder you have to yank the door to get it open. Using their switchable magnets, Magswitch has come up with a way to hold doors securely yet let them open easily without having to pull so hard.
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Posted in Highland Wood, Magnets, WoodCraft | 3 Comments »
Monday, January 12th, 2009
The Gauge-It lets you easily and accurately measure blade height and angle on your table saw. It compensates for blade teeth to give you accurate measurements, and the spring-loaded armature moves with your blade, indicating the exact angle.
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Posted in Amazon, Highland Wood, Measuring, Rockler, WoodCraft, Woodworking | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
When you buy Carter’s MAGFENCE, you can just use it: there are no extra parts to buy, no assembly required — just stick the magnetic fence onto your steel or cast iron table without special mounting hardware. What makes it really unique is you can also attach it to the side of the table for an instant aluminum extension.
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Posted in Carter Products, Magnets, WoodCraft, Woodworking | 3 Comments »
Monday, January 5th, 2009
On the heels of Magswitch introducing the MagFence, Pinnacle — one of Woodcraft’s house brands — is now selling an aluminum version of the MagFence. Pinnacle’s Mag-Jig bracket can be used singly or in pairs to create an easily removable fence for any tool with an iron table.
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Posted in Accessories, Magnets, Pinnacle, WoodCraft | 1 Comment »
