Newest Customer Woodworking Product Reviews

I  found the pin associated with the self closing mechanism stuck out beyond the slide and prevented the drawer from opening and closing. I utilized one of my small routers to rout out a deeper recess in the drawer facing to accomodate the pin. Secondly, when installing the drawer with slides mounted for the first time, one must exercise extreme caution not to apply the slightest force in inserting the drawer. The metal retaining mechanism that holds the ball bearings in place is readily bent and if any resistence is encountered when inserting the drawer, it is a safe bet that the metal retainer is bent and at least one ball bearing is loose on on side. If so, remove drawer, inspect track closely and if retaining mechanism is bent! repositioned the ball bearing and with a small set of neddle nose pliers carefully compress the retaining mechanism around the ball bearing. I also had not expected to find the self clsing spring to be so stout. You can expect a more significant pull required to open the drawer. It will help to insure that you have completely freed the tracks from any bit of saw dust related to mounting track. This can be problematic as tracks are shipped well greased and sticky.

I  purchased the utility 26 fence for my older Craftsman 10 table saw. I installed it the next day which took about one hour, I read the instructions very carefully,took my time and had no problems. Everything fit properly with the exception of the tape which is off about 3/4 of a inch and i will peel it off and buy a new one. This fence moves very smooth on the rails, is accurate and will be very good to use I would not hesitate to recommend it.

 I bought 20 of the Manhattan kits some regular and some Elegant Manhatten. They looked nice and I have had good luck with other Rockler kits. This kit is junk. I had a rare blank of Dragon Eye wood given to me by a friend. I had ONE blank and could get no more. I chose the Manhatten to make two pens. Both cracked. The reason is not misalignment in the pen press. I am meticulous about alignment. The reason is incorrect sizing of the pen top where it joins to the tube. And the reason for the misalignment is equally easy to spot. They micrometered the fitting OK and then they plated it. They forgot that the plating added thickness. Now it doesn't fit. If you have something with some give you may not crack them but coat your blank with inflexible CA or do an Inlace Acrylester blank drilled snug... boom you will crack them. I now take the clip off, put the connector between some bushings and carefully sand off the plating. Sometimes I end up trashing a kit because I hit the visible part of the ring or top. Now I tape them to prevent sanding the ring. But I have lost a lot of $ messing with these.

I bought 20 of the Manhatten kits some regular and some Elegant Manhatten. They looked nice and I have had good luck with other Rockler kits. This kit is junk. I had a rare blank of Dragon Eye wood given to me by a friend. I had ONE blank and could get no more. I chose the Manhatten to make two pens. Both cracked. The reason is not misalignment in the pen press. I am meticulous about alignment. The reason is incorrect sizing of the pen top where it joins to the tube. And the reason for the misalignment is equally easy to spot. They micrometered the fitting OK and then they plated it. They forgot that the plating added thickness. Now it doesn't fit. If you have something with some give you may not crack them but coat your blank with inflexible CA or do an Inlace Acrylester blank drilled snug... boom you will crack them. I now take the clip off, put the connector between some bushings and carefully sand off the plating. Sometimes I end up trashing a kit because I hit the visible part of the ring or top. Now I tape them to prevent sanding the ring. But I have lost a lot of $ messing with these.

I would have given it 5 stars, except it states  that it extends 5' to 12'. It only extends 11' 9 1/2". I actually needed it to extend to 12'-0"

Built a solid wood queen size bed and fell in love with these brackets when I got them. Seemed like a great way to be able to take apart the bed easily when needed. Trouble was the very first time I needed to disassemble the bed 3 of the "male nubs" that hook into the female part broke off! 2 were off one bracket alone and only had the weight of a mattress and one person. Going to try them again hoping it was a bad batch but also ordering another type just in case. Hope they work!!

I just finished a set of bunk beds using this product and found it to be a lot more useful and handy than I thought it would be (I deliberated for a while before purchasing). All of the components are made well, except that the #8 countersink bit often slipped back while drilling despite the fact that I tightened both set screws very firmly. This is potentially ruinous to a project, and definitely annoying. Also,  it's not a very well designed case.

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These casters entail some of the lowest quality metal forming I have seen. The caster body shape is irregular and rough-edged, the ball fit is sloppy and its rolling action is noisy and catches intermittently. They may be appropriate for light duty applications where they will not be seen but they fall seriously short for my use.