http://www.thisiscarpentry.com A new eMagazine BY carpenters, FOR carpenters. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:20:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2010/06/04/festool-cabinet-training-class-kreg/ http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2010/06/04/festool-cabinet-training-class-kreg/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:47:14 +0000 Kreg McMahon http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/?p=4167

I recently had the honor of being invited to participate in Festool’s cabinet-making class at their corporate headquarters in Lebanon, Indiana. The class was two full days of solid training…and it was a lot of fun. They have a complete training room set up there, stocked full of tools—more than a person could dream of [...]]]> http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2010/06/04/festool-cabinet-training-class-kreg/feed/ 47 http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2010/02/12/festool-4-ft-stabila-level/ http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2010/02/12/festool-4-ft-stabila-level/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:52:16 +0000 Gary Katz http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/?p=371

When I started teaching carpentry clinics at lumberyards around the country, one of the first companies I sought support from was Stabila—I used their levels for a couple of decades and wouldn’t think of switching brands. There was no other spirit level available that guaranteed the same degree of precision, whether the vials were right-side [...]]]> http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2010/02/12/festool-4-ft-stabila-level/feed/ 11 http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2010/01/22/customizing-a-table-saw-stand/ http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2010/01/22/customizing-a-table-saw-stand/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:47:18 +0000 Tom Gensmer http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/?p=775

A unique approach to making a full-function work center As a young carpenter living in an apartment and specializing in residential remodeling, I have to wear a lot of hats—and make them all fit into a truck and small trailer. That is why I always look for tools and techniques that combine multiple tasks into [...]]]> http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2010/01/22/customizing-a-table-saw-stand/feed/ 18 http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2009/04/01/multi-tasking-tools/ http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2009/04/01/multi-tasking-tools/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:29:59 +0000 Al Constan http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/?p=707

Oscillating tools that make a carpenter’s life easier For years, the only oscillating tools made my contractors, capable of cutting, sawing, grinding—a multitude of tasks per- formed by no other single tool—were the Fein Supercut and the Fein Multimaster. Rumors have circulated that the patents held by Fein on its well known Multimaster have expired [...]]]> http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2009/04/01/multi-tasking-tools/feed/ 15 http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2008/10/01/using-impact-drivers/ http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2008/10/01/using-impact-drivers/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:30:41 +0000 Dan Parish http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/?p=584

A few years ago, other than the noise of saws and nail guns, jobsites were pretty quiet. But today, on almost every construction site, you’re liable to hear the clacking of an impact driver. After all, most of us have become completely dependent on them for driving screws: they never strip out a head, even [...]]]> http://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2008/10/01/using-impact-drivers/feed/ 2