Hot New tools & Accessories Issue 20

The Woodcraft Product Development Team has been busy uncovering new items to help you work wood with more precision and safety.

Go Digital for Easy, Accurate Setups
Wixey Digital Height Gauge

This handy shop aid is quick and far more accurate for setups than trying to eye across a ruler set by a blade. However, I used it only occasionally until one weekend when I needed to re-rout a groove slightly deeper in a jewelry box top for an inlay. I like to leave my inlays about 1/16" (.0156") proud of the surface and scrape them down smooth, but I ended up with .024" thicker than the original inlay. Scraping this much off is an invitation to catch the scraper’s corner on the box top or cut off too much inlay. Enter the Wixey Digital Height Gauge. I placed it over the router bit, zeroed it, and raised the bit slowly until the gauge read .024". Then I re-cut the grooves.  Problem solved and disaster averted!

Woodcraft Tester: Tim Rinehart
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The following items are no longer available however they were reviewed in this article:
Grex 2" Angle Random Orbit Sander
Toolclad Magnetic Table Covers
Pinnacle Drill Press Table
Rousseau Workbench Steel Leg Set
Rousseau Workbench System 15" Steel Extender Set
Rousseau Workbench System 20" Steel Extender Set
Rousseau Workbench System 28" Steel Extender Set
Rousseau Workbench System 40" Steel Extender Set
Rousseau Workbench System 44" Steel Extender Set
Rousseau Workbench System Caster Set
Presidential Dollar Forstner Bit 3/8" shank