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Woodworking Blog

Joint strength tests, tool comparisons and workshop notes from Jim and Mike Lindsay in Kelowna, British Columbia.

  • press

    Profile of Dowelmax Inventor Published in Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine

    Profile of Dowelmax inventor Jim Lindsay published in Furniture & Cabinetmaking Magazine, presented as four embedded scanned magazine pages.

    1 min

  • announcements

    Special Offer

    Due to the recent SCOTUS ruling against the previous US import tariff under IEEPA, the current US goverment tariff is now reduced to 10%....

    1 min

  • router-lift

    Router Lift Precision

    A question arose the other day about the differences in precision between the crank type lift and the Dowelmax lift. My answer is twofold.

    1 min

  • comparison

    Dowel Joint versus Tenon Joint

    A reader questions the workbench joint failure photos; Jim replies on glue application, surface area and why multiple dowel joints outperform mortise and tenon.

    1 min