Mansfield Dual Drill

Can a Drill from an infomercial be a worthwhile tool? Read our review

Need to cut some Dado's? Chances are you will cut many of them over the course of your woodworking life. Forrest offers up their Dado-King for a run in This Old Workshop.

See how it faired.

Is it time to upgrade your tools?

Check out what Incra did for these three tools.

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Rockler redesigns their Sure-Loc Miter Gauge. See what This Old Workshop thinks of the new design. (here)

Lots of power in a small package.
Porter Cable's Trim Router finds a home in Daniel's new shop. Read the review here.

Time to winterize your house. Here are a few things to consider.

UPDATE: Project Pergo Install, 1 year later. Did the Pergo Presto hold up? Did it meet our expectations 1 year after it was installed? Find out in this follow-up article.

RouterMania.com is a new site from the folks at Rockler. Dedicated to all things ROUTER, this site is an excellent resource. Check it out today!

Just a few highlights from RouterMania.com

Join the online market: Sell your woodwork over the internet.

Marketing your woodworking, like anything else, can be more challenging than any other part of woodworking. We have all done some kind of commission work to both a good, and bad, end. It seems that no mater how nice a project turns out, a given client will complain either to get a lower price, or they simply didn’t like the end result of their original idea. I have found it much more rewarding from a profit standpoint to make several of an identical item and keep profits higher through reduced tooling times. I have long believed that marketing to a limited clientele is not lucrative. This has lead many of us to sell our goods on the Internet with mixed results. One can either build a site from scratch, a challenge if your selling more than one item, or you can go to e-bay and risk continuing payment for a no sale! In response to this conundrum, I have a couple of new options to aid you in selling your goods. Read the article.

Our Latest Tool Reviews

Rockler's Mast-R-Lift

As I have said many times in reviews like this, the quality of your tools is reflected in the finished quality of your work. With that in mind I would like to introduce you to the Mast-R-Lift Router system from our friends at Rockler.

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Link of the week

Looking for an Incra system? Woodpecker stocks every Incra system in production. Thats why they are our LINK OF THE WEEK!!!

Get it! It's Hot! Read the Review now and you will be adding this Combo Kit Router onto your list for the holidays. Read The Review

Is your product ready for the challenge?

Think your tool or device is up to the Woody Workout? We are happy to put it through the paces in This Old Workshop. Email us for information

The BeadLock Mortice System.

The classic mortis and tenon joint can be a challenge if not time consuming to create. Although little is as satisfying as creating a beautiful joint in the old style. But, unfortunately some of us like to save time when a project does not call for the exquisite tooling of a well made Mortis and tenon joint. For times like this there is an alternative. Read the review

An Interview with Kevin Neelley

Like every woodworker I know or have had the pleasure of interviewing, I desire to make something that others will appreciate, value, cherish and yes, spend some of those hard earned dollars to acquire. The one thing I look for when writing about master craftsmen is their desire to make a statement with their work. My quest for this type of craftsman lead me to Lenexa, Kansas, the home of Kevin Neelley. Kevin is a pioneer in the art of segmented woodturning and, as a master craftsman, he is a teacher of this fine art. You can see Kevin’s art at his website, or better yet, try to see his work in person. Read the interview

Delta ShopMaster Model MS250 10" Compound Power Miter Saw

I found myself in need of a miter saw that I can do some quick cutting with at home. We are doing some minor home improvement projects including replacing molding around our family room.

Not wanting to invest a large amount of money in a full featured saw since there is one sitting in our woodshop a few miles from my house, and being simply too lazy to want to haul it back and forth as I need it, I started my search. (read the review here)