10 Tips For Your Woodworking Tools
                     10 Tips For Your 
Woodworking Tools
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.
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
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.
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$.
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?)
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.
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.
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.
 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.
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.