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Issue 217

Dowel Points? We Don't Need No Stinking Dowel Points! A thread about using dowel points to mark dowel locations for drilling inspired this writer to tell us of his low tech dowel point method. - Editor
It all started with a sanding block upgraded with brazed carbide. "In 1993," Roger Mason, the co-founder of Dura-GRIT, told me, "Brian Parrott and I started making hand tools using brazed carbide technology. That was already a common means of making tools, but not woodworking or rotary tools. We were making hand sanding blocks with a sheet of steel embedded with carbide on the bottom.
Is there a tool or method I can use to measure and calculate angles needed for any given shape?
Can pore filler still be used atop three coats of finish on oak?
I have to admit that it is rare to hear a woodworker credit his time in a butcher shop for his precision and attention to detail in the woodshop, but that's exactly what Bob Gasperetti did when I asked him about his early influences.
Small shop? Small tools? Want a miter gauge? Incra's Miter V120 is built for just such circumstances.
Forrest : from WoodCentral   Forrest saw blades are regarded by many as the ne plus ultra of cutting tools, but not everyone agrees they are worth the price. This thread started with an innocent question about saving money on them, and soon spread to opinions about them. - Editor