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1 week ago | 
popularwoodworking.com | Logan Wittmer
https://www.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/popwood_logos-01.pngPopular Woodworkinghttps://www.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/newtools-3.jpg200px200px Tool: Router Plane Manufacturer: Blue Spruce ToolworksMSRP: $269.99One of the benefits of being in my position, is that I sometimes get to see tools that are in the works before they get released to the public.
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2 weeks ago | 
popularwoodworking.com | Logan Wittmer
https://www.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/popwood_logos-01.pngPopular Woodworkinghttps://www.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kbsnewtools-copy-2.jpg200px200px Tool: DiamondFinish Clear Manufacturer: KBS CoatingsMSRP: $28+It’s not often that a new type of finish is brought to the woodworking market. Recently, KBS Coatings, a company specializing in industrial coatings, started to make a push to bring their Diamond Clear finish to the home hobby woodworking market.
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2 weeks ago | 
popularwoodworking.com | Logan Wittmer
Set your bandsaw up for accurate resawing by following these simple setup tips. A bandsaw is a versatile tool. In fact, I know many woodworkers that use a bandsaw as their primary saw in their shop. It can cut curves, joinery, rip parts to width. It’s my belief however, that the bandsaw’s most valuable and unique skill set is one of it’s least used—and that’s resawing. Resawing—splitting material into several thinner pieces, may be done for several reasons.
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3 weeks ago | 
popularwoodworking.com | Logan Wittmer
https://www.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/popwood_logos-01.pngPopular Woodworkinghttps://www.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/jet-copy.jpg200px200px Tool: Black 8″ Helical-Head Jointer JWJ-8HH-BLK Manufacturer: JetMSRP: $2499.99The company JPW (Jet, Powermatic, Wilton) has a long, rich history of offering quality, well-built power tools. (Note the side of my vintage Powermatic Planer in the photo above—circa early 1980’s, still running like the day it was new).
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4 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Logan Wittmer
Novitec Ferrari Purosangue Lowered on RDB Wheels Might Be the First One Done in AmericaLost in between news of the first Lamborghini Urus SE delivery, a bespoke one, of course, the custom ideas for the Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series II, …
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4 weeks ago | 
popularwoodworking.com | Logan Wittmer
Devon Campbell is designing and building world-class tools from his shop in Queensland. Sometimes, the universe has a way of connecting the dots, whether you’re looking for it to or not. Back before the last Handworks Tool Show in the Amana Colonies, I was browsing some of the Facebook groups, seeing who was attending. Someone, and I apologize—I can’t recall who, mentioned that there was a last minute addition to the show, a company called Ironbark Toolworks.
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1 month ago | 
popularwoodworking.com | Logan Wittmer
This wall shelf is an elegant, simple way to showcase a special piece of woodworking —an Asa-no-ha Kumiko panel. Project #2218 • Skill Level: Intermediate • Time: 2 Days • Cost: $75Inspiration can come from any number of places. Often, I find (furniture) pieces in antique stores, flea markets, and garage sales. I don’t buy them usually—I have too many hobbies the way it is. What I do instead is take photos of them.
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1 month ago | 
popularwoodworking.com | Logan Wittmer
https://www.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/popwood_logos-01.pngPopular Woodworkinghttps://www.popularwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/lw-norwegian_box-23.jpg200px200px Tool: M12 FUEL Brushless 18-Gauge Compact Brad Nailer 2541-20 Manufacturer: MilwaukeeMSRP: $249 (Bare Tool)I’ve been a slow converter to cordless power tools. However, with today’s advancement in batteries, you can do a heck of a lot with a fairly small battery.
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1 month ago | 
popularwoodworking.com | Logan Wittmer
Tool: Fortistrut-Q Manufacturer: Fortis ClampMSRP: $64.95For years, the woodworking industry has relied on pipe clamps for large format glue ups. The idea behind this clamp is that you purchase the clamp ends, and supply whatever length of pipe you need. A new company, Fortis Clamp, has taken this same idea and applied it to strut channel.
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1 month ago | 
popularwoodworking.com | Logan Wittmer
Tool: No. 444 am Manufacturer: Skunk Tool WorksMSRP: $129As a rule of thumb, if something doesn’t have multiple uses in my shop, I don’t generally keep it around. That even goes for hand tools. The new No. 444 dovetail marker from Skunk Tool Works is an adjustable dovetail marker that covers the gamut of commonly used dovetail angles and eliminates having and storing several different dovetail markers. The No. 444 is adjusted via a knurled knob on the front of the marker.
