Workshop Tip: Wood coat hangers make great push sticks

FineWoodworking Machinery, Push Sticks, Safety, Workshop Tips

Break it apart, cut notches, and go.

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DeWALT Miter Saw Recall

Pop Wood Editors Featured Article, Miter Saws, Recall, Safety

DeWALT is recalling nearly 1.4 million miter saws for a potential safety issue. According to the CSPC “The miter saw’s rear safety guard can break or detach, posing an injury hazard due to projectiles that can strike the user and …
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Hot Time, Summer in the Shop

Travis Remington All, Beginner Woodworking, Community, Featured Products, Safety, Shop Organization, staying cool in the workshop, summer woodworking, Woodworking shops, Woodworking Tips

It’s getting hot in here! This is the first summer I have spent significant time woodworking. I work in a garage without any kind of environmental controls beyond raising and lowering the garage door or cracking a window. What I have learned quickly is that it gets really hot, really fast! I thought surely there […]

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Protecting Tools from Kids

Sam Stickle February 2005 #146, Oops, Out of the Woodwork, Safety, Shop Blog, Woodworking with Kids

Sometimes a little talking-to (and video surveillance) is all it takes. I have noticed three things about tools and kids. Kids can find tools even if it requires tunneling under the garage wall. Kids can claim complete innocence when asked …
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Efficient Shop Wiring

Bruce Wedlock Electric, October 2005, Safety, Safety Techniques, Shop Projects, Techniques

A single cable provides 120-volt and 240V service. Every article I’ve seen describing the wiring of a shop for both 120 volts and 240V uses separate cables for each voltage, which is a significant waste of time, effort and …
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