10 tips for your woodworking tools

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10 Tips For Your Woodworking Tools
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1. Features you might not want when buying a
jigsaw

• Some jigsaws (also known as scroll saws) allow
  you to steer the blade, but you may find that
  this feature is unnecessary. Cutting something is
  hard enough without trying to steer it as well!
  Sometimes simplicity has its advantages. There
  are also cordless jigsaws, but these aren't as
  powerful as the corded variety and you may want
  to stay clear until such times as battery
  technology improves.

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2. Features you do want when buying a jigsaw

• When buying a jigsaw you don't want much more
  than two inches of depth of cut, as beyond this
  you will have problems with the blades bending
  and causing wonky cuts. Additionally you might
  want to cut a little shy of where you want and
  use a sander to bring the wood down to the line

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3. Variable speed Jigsaws

• The variable speed of higher end jigsaws isn't
  just limited to cutting metal, but can be helpful
  for your more intricate cuts.

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4. What to consider when buying a cordless drill

• When choosing a cordless drill you want the most
  powerful battery and the longest battery life you
  can afford. You also want one that has a
  reversible motor and is dual speed.
• You might also consider about budget you can get
  a corded jigsaw in 100 as well as 500.

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5. Drilling with paddle bits

• When drilling with these, bear in mind that they
  can occasionally catch causing heavy torque to be
  transferred up the drill and into your wrist.
  Hold the drill more firmly than usual! (You don't
  want to lose productivity while nursing a
  sprained wrist now do you?)

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6. Why you need a random orbital sander

• Utilizing a sanding disc, a random orbital sander
  will sand down a surface while leaving much fewer
  marks than other types of sanders. This is due to
  the random action - the sum of all the movements
  cancels out so the surface is worn down very
  evenly. Palm sanders and belt sanders tend to
  leave marks.
• Tips for Using your random orbital sander Guide
  your movements along the grain, and never stop in
  the one spot or you risk leaving a mark.

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7. What to consider when buying a random orbital
sander

• When buying a random orbital sander you need dust
  collection for a start. Also make sure the unit
  is well balanced and comfortable. There's nothing
  worse than sanding with a tool that feels
  uncomfortable.

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8. Dust collection

• You need a vacuum unit of some kind to clear up
  dust, because there's going to be a lot of that
  lying around. A good portable dust extraction
  system is going to have a very high air flow
  (measured in cubic feet per minute), a portable
  base with a handle to make it easy to move around
  - after all it's going to be moved around all
  over the place. Also look for an advanced
  filtering system to make sure that little of the
  dust your sucking up sneaks back out. A long
  cable is a another good idea.

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 9. Spring clamps

• Stock up on your spring clamps. You're going to
  need them! That can be used for so many different
  purposes, from clamping while you glue things to
  holding wood in place while you nail it. You
  can't go wrong. Don't however use them when you
  need a clamp, or else you could be putting
  yourself at risk.

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10. Biscuit joining

• Don't use a router for biscuit joining
  slot-cutting. Firstly it's going to be hard to
  cut it perfectly using a router, and being so
  close to the edge of the piece of wood isn't
  going to leave you much room for error should
  your grip slip. Secondly, the biscuit joiner is a
  much safer method of doing the same thing, as the
  blade is housed entirely within the unit until
  the critical moment.

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