Machinery, Tools, Research, Reviews and Safety

While scanning the old Workbench Magazine for plans I ran into the Shop Safety portion of the Workbench Magazine, it is still relevant for today's shops, I love the mention about beware of getting cigarette smoke in your eyes while cutting wood!

Helping Our Website Viewers John, I am not sure where to post this suggestion/comment so I put it in each of the forums. If this isn’t permissible, please delete it. Hey folks, thought I’d pass along an experience I had today. Our neighbor, who lives across the street, dropped by to chat. They are new to the neighborhood (about a year) and we are getting to know them better each day. We knew that our neighbor is a marathoner. In fact, she was in the Boston race when the bomb went off. Fortunately, she was not injured. We also knew she is losing her sight. She has three young sons and she is going blind, tragic. Her sight was the reason for her visit. Sometime b…

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California Sales Tax Exemption! A new law beginning on July 1, 2014 allows manufacturers and certain research and developers to obtain a partial exemption of sales and use tax on certain manufacturing and research and development equipment purchases and leases. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE OFFERS ARE NOT VALID IN CANADA. All offers subject to change without notice. Shipping promotions (where applicable) are valid only on standard shipping within the 48 contiguous states. Some restrictions may apply. Not valid with other offers or price discounts. Laguna Tools is not responsible for errors or omissions. Specifications subject to change. Machines may be shown with opt…

We had a new guy come to the woodworking club meeting last weekend. He went on about a product he developed called the "Mortise Master" as the Domino killer. I was a bit unimpressed as I've seen lots of articles, demos, and videos on similar type of things. It was a real deal at $249 for a couple of pieces of wood and plastic. I'll do a hard pass. https://www.mortisemaster.com/

SPECIAL SCAVENGER HUNT ALERT! This is a special hunt that Laguna Tools promised to give out due to server issues. They have hidden ONE NEW LINK. Although this one will be a RANDOM DRAWING contest. Find the Link and be entered into the drawing to win a $500 Laguna Tools Certificate. Find the link, and follow the prompts! CLUE: "5 Revolutions Per Minute" Winner will be Chosen on Friday!