Eric Schmid
Contributor

As a point of comparison, try a steel tooth blade in the 1/2-3/4” range. My guess is you will see significant improvement in the ability to tension...

What Kevin is saying has been my experience. After some difficult Birch, I reworked my setup for certain woods. For clamping, I use a Kreg right...

Personally, I would try to skip the removal and replacement. Instead, I might try to refurbish in place. I have a similar staircase and have worked...

Steve, in principle you make a good point. Whether it makes sense to work with commercially milled stock, depends largely on what we’re building,...

As you’ve discovered, there is not much joy in thickness-ing boards. Hard enough work to get a face and edge flat and square. Then to have to do it...

I buy from two local suppliers. One sells primarily Champion and Triumph, the other Fuller and Norseman. All excellent bits. Drilling in steel...

I run full kerf blades on job site saws; table & miter. One of my saws, a Dewalt compact, has been in service for about 7 years. It’s never had a...