router bits

How to get the best cuts from your router bits

I am sure almost everyone who has ever used router bits has gotten a bad cut at one point and time. The first to get blamed is usually the bit. Now while it is quite possible that it may have … Continue…

Tags: , ,

Tips for getting better cuts from your router

Routers may not be the most frequently used tool in your shop, but they are probably the most valuable and versatile power tool in the workshop.   This one tool can do many different jobs, including shaping edges, trimming plastic laminate, … Continue…

Tags: , ,

How to get the proper tightness for collets on router bits.

How do you know how tight to make the router collets so that the router bit wont slip, but the router collet is not too tight to where it is too hard to loosen when you need to remove the bit? … Continue…

Tags: , ,

Whiteside Router Bit Progression

Whiteseide Router Bits are put to the test every year as they compete  in Fine Woodworking magazine’s “Head-to-Head” Router Bit Test against  many other popular Router Bits such as: Amana, Bosch, Eagle, Freud, Lee Valley, Porter Cable and many more.  Every Year Whiteside Router Bits come out … Continue…

Tags: , ,

Share your woodworking projects

We sell a wide variety of woodworking tools in our online store, and have always had a great respect and appreciation for the amazing and beautiful things people can do with these tools.  I have recently set up a page on … Continue…

Tags: , , , , ,

Shop Safety

July is national eye Injury prevention month, so we thought it might be a good time to remind all of our favorite woodworkers to be safe and protect themselves from injuries.  Here are some Shop Safety Tips to keep you … Continue…

Tags: , , , ,

Which Router Bits to Buy

Router Bits, Which Ones To Buy (This is an opinion piece.  It is my assessment of the averages of a very diverse and complicated market.)    Kinds of Router Bits Steel –  couple dollars – The least expensive kind of router … Continue…

Tags: ,

Why Vortex Router Bits are Expensive

Vortex Router Bits are the very best and the least expensive to use Continue…

Tags: , , , , ,

Router Bits and Southeast Tool: Why We Love Them

Jeremy Broun, who Woodworking Magazine called one of the most innovative craftsmen, and who has shown his work at such places as Souterbys and The Royal Society of Arts, wrote a book about his love of routers.  In this book … Continue…

Tags: , , , , , , ,

Fine Woodworking Tool Guide

Fine Woodworking Tool Guide is very good Continue…

Tags: , , ,

Older posts
Newer posts

Recent Posts

Blog Calendar

April 2024
S M T W T F S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930