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Upgrade Your Jigs with the WoodRiver Fixture Making Router Jig
Have you ever wanted to make professional looking jigs and fixtures, but don’t have a CNC machine?

Gifts for Makers, the Home, Families and More – All from Woodcraft
Woodcraft is ready to help you stay ahead of the holiday shopping season. These gift ideas, curated from thousands of products available at Woodcraft, should please the consistent project builders, those who do home maintenance and families who cherish spending time together.

Clean up those glue lines with the WoodRiver Mini Glue Scraper
Have you ever wanted to make professional looking jigs and fixtures, but don’t have a CNC machine?

Limited Edition of Classic “Japanese Woodworking Tools” Available at Woodcraft
A handsome Limited Edition copy of Toshio Ōdate’s classic Japanese Woodworking Tools is available from Woodcraft while supplies last.
Ōdate wrote the book in 1984 to introduce the English-speaking world to Japanese tools, craftsmanship, tradition, and philosophy of the shokunin, the traditional Japanese craftsman who worked strictly with hand tools.

Great Gear: Not half bad!
Of all the fractions used in woodworking, half is the easiest to calculate.

Getting Sharp: The trap of comparison
Theodore Roosevelt is said to have coined the phrase, “Comparison is the thief of joy.”


Tips & Tricks: Through-the-table end boring
I recently upgraded my drill press to a “woodworkers” model with a larger table, offering extra support for bigger workpieces.

Tips & Tricks: "Free" finish supports
My local pizza place includes little, three-legged, plastic “tables” in their boxes to keep the lids from sticking to the top of the pies.

Tips & Tricks: Restoring throat plates
Over time, the opening in my stock table saw throat plate became ragged.