How to Remove a Stuck Drill Chuck
Most drill chucks come off their drills using normal chuck removal methods, like the chuck removal steps we offer in our article, "How to Remove a Drill Chuck."
However, drill chucks can be difficult to remove for a number reasons that require an extra trick or two to get the job done.
The steps and [...]
Router Bit Buying Guide
Routers are hands down the most versatile and useful of all woodworking tools. Thanks to the absolutely massive variety of router bits on the market, a router can do practically anything and everything when it comes to working wood.
In fact, router bits lend routers such utility that it's possible (theoretically) to build virtually any woodworking [...]
Power Cord Buying Guide
Power cords are some of the most commonly-replaced electric power tool parts.
Power cords wear down with friction and regular use, and they are also easily damaged anywhere along their length. Because of this, chances are that you've replaced at least one cord if you've owned a power tool more than a couple of years.
Because [...]
Scroll Saw Blade Buying Guide
Finding the right scroll saw blade for a given project and material isn't always as simple as referring to an application chart or following a straight-forward guideline.
Most scroll saw users choose blades for their fretwork projects based on great deal of familiarity with their scroll saws, application materials, and individual skill level.
Like other kinds of [...]
Power Tool Maintenance Kits
Maintenance kits are a great way to save money on tool maintenance and repair. Maintenance kits provide parts for tune-ups, specific parts replacement, and even complete tool overhauls.
We explain the general benefits and specific details below of the Maintenance Kits offered on our website's Accessories section. Tool owners can save money on parts and [...]
Mortise Bit Buying Guide
Mortisers are very useful woodworking tools that use special bits to drill square holes. The bits are called mortise bits or mortiser bits, and the holes they drill are called mortises. In most cases, a mortise is used as one half of a woodworking joint called a "mortise and tenon joint."
Mortisers are surprisingly easy [...]
Jigsaw Blade Buying Guide
Shopping for jigsaw blades is a lot like shopping for other power tool cutting accessories, but with some unique differences.
Manufacturers usually advertise jigsaw blades by their intended application material (wood, metal, ceramic, tile, etc.). There's nothing wrong with choosing a blade by its labeled application, but it helps to know some details about jigsaw [...]
Dado Set Buying Guide
Dado (pronounced dey-doh) sets are specialty circular saw blades used on table saws and radial arm saws to make joint cuts commonly called "dadoes", "rabbets," or more simply, grooves.
Although they require a little extra initial set-up and adjusting, dado sets are indispensable for their specialty in cutting lap joints, box joints, rabbet joints, and other [...]
Screwdriver Bit Buying Guide
Choosing drive type is the most important decision when shopping for screwdriver bits. If a bit is being purchased for specific fastener, then the drive type of the bit is obviously determined already.
But if you can choose drive type first, there are some things to consider about drive designs to match them to your [...]
Hole Saw Mandrel Buying Guide
Hole saw mandrels are also called "hole saw arbors," so the terms are interchangeable. We use "mandrels" in this article, because it makes it easier to distinguish between talking about the entire mandrel ("arbor") and the mandrel's arbor shaft (a part of the mandrel).
Hole saw mandrels are the intermediate pieces of hole saw drill [...]
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