Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things Iβve seen in the woodworking world. This week weβre looking at woodworking art, AI confusion, and how much history sucked. Tool News Quick Bites Ryobi Releases β¦
Welcome to the 2025 edition of the Popular Woodworking gift guide! This year, the focus is on quality over quantity. These are the tools weβve used and weβve loved this past year, combined with tools weβre desperately hoping to find β¦
A few months ago, while visiting the Rockler store in Cincinnati, I spotted a small ruler hanging by the checkout counter. It was promoted at a cost of around $6. Iβve always had a fondness for small rulers, and the β¦
Welcome to The Splinter Report, where I gather the assorted interesting and amusing things Iβve seen in the woodworking world. This week weβre looking at a wooden lightsaber handle, a strange band saw, and an unblinking cherub. Tool News Quick β¦
Tool: Easy-Squeeze Silicone Glue Bottle Shop NowΒ Manufacturer: Rockler MSRP: $8.99 Over the years, Iβve used many types of glue bottles in both my shop and classroom. Most of them follow the same basic design: a semi-rigid plastic cylinder, β¦
Portable router tables are a great way to save space in your shop. Weβre taking a look at the different options available and laying out the differences between them. Router tables are a mainstay in any serious shop, and sooner β¦
Welcome to the 2024 edition of the Popular Woodworking gift guide! This year the gift guide is bigger and better than ever, packed with great gift ideas for tools, accessories, and clothing for the woodworker in your life. Know your β¦
Adding a hold-down to my shop-made crosscut sled makes the sled easier and safer to use. My parts donβt slip and my fingers are far from the blade because I donβt have to hold the workpiece. The hold-down swivels so β¦
Tool: Quick-Release Pock-It Hole Clamp Shop Now Manufacturer: Rockler MSRP: $25.99 Pocket hole joints are quick and easy to make. For some applications, such as face frames, theyβre perfect. But if youβve ever tried to assemble a face frame β¦
While in LA, I took the opportunity to drop into one of their two Rockler stores.Β While not as well stocked as the one in Denver, it still had a large range of consumables and smaller items for purchase (rather than a focus on the larger machines that you can also buy from them).
I probably would have spent more time there, but the couple of staff working behind the counter were really not interested in talking to customers.Β So Jess (my daughter) and I had a bit of a wander around, I spent an old voucher I had (that I never expected to have a chance to use), and we headed out again.
Still, good to see a reasonable range of woodworking-related tools and consumables, presented well.Β A very empty shop customer-wise compared to Denver, but that could easily be down to time of day, or day of week (not that I know what day of the week it was, completely lost track of that while touring!!)
Surprised to see Triton on their shelves.Β A brand that just wonβt lie down it seems.
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