Now for in-depth look at one of the most important but underrated areas of the router – the collet. First, Ron discusses what to look for in a quality collet so that you can quickly identify what's worth having over what's not. Ron then progresses to a demonstration of how to avoid all sorts of problems when setting the collet up in your router. 

It is starting to feel like the fine weather is coming to an end and it is time to once again hibernate into the depth of the workshop with a copy of your favourite magazine. Before you do there is still time to get those last minute outdoor jobs done before the depths of winter. Alan Holtham has been doing just that and getting to grips with a chunky, country-style gate that you can make following Alan’s step-by-step instructions.…

To the casual observer there seems to be an ever growing divide between the power tool junkie and the traditionalist hand tool user. The check shirt and tool-belted enthusiast with a workshop full of power tools on one hand and the men in the brown coats who spend more time sharpening tools than using them.... This is, of course, the perception rather than the rule. Stereotyping is just as rife in woodworking as it is in every other walk of…

Click here for Part 2   There’s a resurgence of very high quality dovetail saws on the market these days. Makers like Gramercy, Wenzloff and Lie Nielsen, Adria and Roberts and Lee have brought traditional saws back into vogue, having seemingly been ousted for good by hardpoint saws. Each of these brands of saw differs in style and comfort, though all have a rip filed tooth pattern as they predominantly cut end-grain.  …