Dan Shapiro's Blog

Penn State Industries is having a pretty good sale on clamps.

A jet black ebony substitute is only as far away as the local art store.

Brian tries out two online wood suppliers and reports back on the results.

I forgot to announce an end date for the free Finger Gloves offer.

After our recent review of the Jack Rabbit Deluxe Kit I got the fascinating opportunity to talk with Brian Giffin. Besides being a real nice guy, Brian is passionate about the details in his tool designs.

From now on, if you click a Rockler link, NSY gets a cut of anything you wind up buying.

I decided to do a head-to-head, Biscuits vs. the Dowelmax comparison. This was pretty easy. I made two cuts in a walnut board, then doweled one and biscuited the other. I grabbed the board firmly by both edges and slammed it down on a pipe in the center to distribute the force equally to both…

A $600 workbench on sale for under $300!

Want to get an idea of how much that table top or panel will move? Check out the handy dandy Shrinkulator.

http://www.pinktoolbelts.com/ The web site name pretty much says it all.