Now Grizzly's getting weird

I know Grizzly sells things other than tools, but at least they're usually somewhat related to home maintenance, commercial items, etc. But this? ...

A question on piping

Patrick wites: On the SDR35 pipe you used, I was not clear if you used the solvent weld fittings or the ones with gaskets.  It looks like you used ...

Ultimate precision drill press

I needed to make some very precisely placed holes in some existing furniture parts. After puzzling over how to make a jig on the drill press, it hit ...

Where's my cut?

David writes: THANK YOU! I've spent about a week browsing the internet for an article that doesn't spend all it's time saying "if you don't ...

Save on Makita & Bosch!

Amazon is offering a $25 gift certificate with Makita purchases over $100 and $25 off all Bosch purchases over $100. ...

Update to the drill review

One of the very most popular pages on TheWoodNerd is the Lithium Ion Drills review. While updating the pricing, I found that the Makita drill had ...

Ignorant advice

Two different people have sent me emails in the last few days, saying I should do a particular thing to improve the site's traffic. Complaining ...

Up another 10%

September was the busiest month ever here at TheWoodNerd. And then came October. Visitors to the site increased another 10% to well over 11,500. ...

The records continue to fall

Wow, we continue to get record numbers of visitors. Just last year, 6000 visitors in a month was a real shocker. But in the last few months, 8-9000 ...

Whole 'lotta traffic goin' on

Wow, traffic to the site has really been heavy the last couple weeks. For the longest time, we had a steady average of around 275 visitors per day. ...

A question on Festool sanders

Erik writes: I'm new to woodworking and I'm trying to make things happen in a multi unit apartment with a small attached garage…so I'm trying to ...

Cosmoline on guns

Ray writes ... Will WD40 strip Cosmoline from a firearm? I can't say for sure if the protective coating on a firearm is the same as what's used ...

A Big Johnson by another name ...

Chad writes: I currently have two big johnson tape measures and have been looking frantically for more. I read your article and agree with you ...

150hp lathe

This is hysterical, I love the guy's commentary. The money quote: "You may not want your wife to be at home when you're doing this" ...

Questions about my SawStop/Incra setup

Eric writes "I am looking at picking up exactly what you have, the incra and a sawstop. Do you have a benchdog router top on it? Did everything ...

Best month ever

April was our first full month back under our old TheWoodNerd.com domain and we posted some crazy-good numbers. Well over 8,000 visitors, a full 20% ...

A Tale of Two Domains

OK, some more results from swapping the domain name back to thewoodnerd.com. In the first half of March, we averaged only 89 visitors per day. ...

88 mph

Well, it appears that changing the domain name back to TheWoodNerd.com has done the trick.  Almost immediately traffic tripled back to the levels we ...

Back To The Future

Back in December, I changed the site's domain name to better reflect my changing emphasis.  In accordance with accepted practice, I set up a 301 ...

Wow, you can save a whole $13!

Brand new Festool jigsaw on Amazon, free shipping, 30 day No-Questions Returns, 3-year warranty.  Total price: $250 Used Festool jigsaw on ...

Dollar Shave Club
These blades are f***ing terrible!

Milwaukee Diamond Sawzall Blade
World's worst blade?

Torin Vehicle Lift Manual
Seriously, is this the best you can do?

Northern Tools ¾HP 8" Bench Grinder
Is this some kind of joke?

Bosch JS365 Jigsaw
Surprisingly bad performance from an otherwise well-designed jigsaw

36mm › 27mm adapter for Festool hoses
The adapter Festool just doesn't make

An easy way to set your jointer fence to square
A welding tool comes to the rescue

An easy way to cut really large wires
Not a wire cutter, but it works like a charm

Use a tap & die set as thread cleaners
An inexpensive set can be a life-saver

Removing the Triton "safety" cover
How you can get rid of this major irritant

Yelp Sucks
A noble idea has apparently morphed into something that's at best untrustworthy, at worst an extortion racket

Helical vs blades
Can you actually save money by spending money, all while getting a better tool?

Change from 120 to 240?
Is there really any benefit? For the most part, the answer is no.

Shop-built Y fitting
Nobody sells these, so I made my own.

Killer shop vacuums
How can a $150 vacuum have a 6.5 horsepower motor?