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11Feb

New website design!

Posted by: cslagle Categories: Deal of the Day Interviews News Newsletter Archive Power Tool Videos Project Plans Project Showcase Q/A Tool Debates Tool Interviews Tool Interviews Tool News Tool Rebates Tool Resources Tool Reviews Toolcrib TV
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If you’re a regular ToolCrib viewer, you may notice we have a brand new website design. We partnered with Jonathan Carone of CaroneDesigns to freshen up the site and make things easier for you. Whenever you read a blog post, you’ll see a section to the right that says, “Get your tools here.” Underneath that […]

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2Sep

44 Free Woodworking Software, Calculators and Spreadsheets for the Wired Woodworker

Posted by: cslagle Categories: Tool Resources
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Math. It’s the persnickety, exacting demon lurking inside every woodworking project. Luckily for us, many woodworkers are also programmers who know how to make computers do the calculating for us. THANKS to those wonderful people, who afforded us the opportunity to round up 44 woodworking calculators, spreadsheets and free software for woodworkers!

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24May

5 and 1/4 Free Woodshop Layout Programs: Software for Workshop Layout

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Writing and compiling 17 Free Garage Woodshop Plans: Ingenious Space Savers for Garage Workshops led me to Grizzly’s shop layout program. Their ingenious little Flash tool got me thinking – are there any other free woodshop layout tools available? After sending Google into overdrive I found that, yes there are other workshop layout software – […]

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15Apr

Track Saw Smackdown: Festool vs. EurekaZone vs. DeWalt vs. Makita

Posted by: cslagle Categories: Tool Debates Tool Resources Tool Reviews
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I’m a big fan of tracks and circ saws… for me it all started with EurekaZone, and the moment I discovered that woodworking doesn’t always require a table saw. The success of EurekaZone and Festool’s TS 55 has brought DeWalt and Makita into the market. When there’s more competition, everyone wins… In this track saw […]

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1Apr

Edge Jointing (and Planing?!) with a Router: 24 How-To Guides, Forum Threads and Videos

Posted by: cslagle Categories: Q/A Tool Resources
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Edge jointing with a router – like edge jointing with a table saw – is another common method for making jointable edges without a jointer (…check out our 8″ jointer comparison if you’re considering the purchase). Planing with a jointer – a tedious but do-able process – is a lesser-recommended technique for finishing the faces […]

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2Jan

Top 10 Hybrid Table Saws: Craftsman vs. Grizzly vs. Steel City vs. Jet and MORE!

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Hybrid table saws remain a popular category with woodworkers seeking more power and versatility than contractor and benchtop table saws. To find the top 10 we gathered hybrid table saw tests, reviews and recommendations of professionals and hobbyists from the leading woodworking publications and forums. Here’s what you’ll find in this article: What is a […]

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