Bosch's successful impact driver range has proven popular with woodworkers and DIY-ers, so seeing as the new ProDrive is pretty similar to its Ixo predecessor, what was the need to launch a new model?   Good Woodworking tool test guru Andy King gives his first impressions:   "The driver is capable of driving screws up to 5mm diameter and, indeed, I could get screws of this diameter to drive directly into pine,…

If you can't find Good Woodworking in your local newsagent, you can order a copy direct from0844 848 88 22    What's that? There's a bloke making saw blades on the front cover of GW and you don't know why? Fear not, we haven't morphed into Good Metalworking magazine. But the matter of how our tools, saws and machines are made is of interest to any keen woodworker –  knowing what it…

If you can't find Good Woodworking in your local newsagent, you can order a copy direct from0844 848 88 22  We’ve been fostering a spirit of adventure in Good Woodworking this month. Not only are we on the road with Stephen Skolnik, who swapped pop music for furniture making, but we’ve travelled back in time in search of the secret art of chisel forging – at least, Henry Taylor Tools’ factory felt like being back in…

Some 20 years ago, when I first became seriously interested in woodworking, I began by making furniture for the house. Money was tight, so I used melamine-covered chipboard held together with dowels and screws, and worked on a cheap copy of the famous Black & Decker workmate in a cold, damp single garage at the end of the garden. My early skills, on the other hand, came from my father, who was a cabinetmaker and later a carpenter too, so my…