Woodworkers love using the circular saw because it is handy and can make different cuts. It can cut through all sorts of wood, whether construction lumber, plywood, solid hardwood stock, pressure-treated lumber, and many other materials. Yet, like any power tool subjected to rigorous usage, it requires care and maintenance. And if you fail to … Read more
When you’re on a roll while cutting wood for your projects, you might get rattled by the sudden stopping of your circular saw mid-cut. In such instances, you just need to relax and stop cutting. Turn off your circular saw and unplug it. Once you’ve unplugged it from the power source, you can start figuring … Read more
As a beginner in using a miter saw, it will be best to understand that the saw blade is the heart of your miter saw. As such, it will help to know how to select the correct blade size for your miter saw. The standard miter saw sizes include 7.5 “, 8.5″, 10″, and 12″, … Read more
Some of the possible reasons behind the smoking of the circular saw include a wobbling saw blade, dull saw blade, misaligned saw blade, improper support, wrong cutting depth, wrong tooth set, warped saw blade, slow cutting speed, and many other causes. Of course, you can’t fix the smoking issue if you fail to zero in on the real … Read more
“Why would I use the jigsaw to cut straight lines?” you might ask. Given the availability of circular and table saws, it is quite preposterous to use a jigsaw to cut straight lines. Yet, if you only own a jigsaw due to a limited budget, you got no choice but to use it for cutting … Read more
Imagine yourself trying to cut a straight line with your jigsaw, but your jigsaw blade keeps bending and veering off the cutline. You will surely get frustrated, right? Well, such an annoying experience is fairly common among beginners in woodworking who are trying their hands on a jigsaw for the first time. But why does … Read more
A table saw is made up of numerous components. Every single feature has contributed to the value of a table saw. One of them is the trunnion. The trunnions are noteworthy because they align the blade with the rip fence and miter slot machine. Shape the blade and motor into the bulk of the table … Read more
If you read through a woodworking forum for the first time, you might come across some terms like the arbor of the table saw, and you might be scratching your head in utter ignorance as to what this term means. Arbor, of course, may also mean “tree branches” or “vines” in the Webster Dictionary. Yet, in woodworking, … Read more
Having adequate skills to operate a jigsaw is crucial to its efficient and safe usage. Such knowledge will come in handy in reducing the rate of accidents when using it. However, using a jigsaw is not as riskier as other power tools. Nevertheless, any exposed blade will entail a lot of risks. Thus, it will … Read more