http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm Articles, tips, projects, tool previews and reviews, and more from the woodworking specialists at Rockler. en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:42:48 -0600 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:26:00 -0600 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss blogmaster@rockler.com blogmaster@rockler.com blogmaster@rockler.com http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm no http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/11/11/Short-on-Pen-Blanks--Try-These-Pen-Turning-Kits Did you know that there are certain styles of pen turning kits that use less than a "full" length pen blank? The Carbara or the Sierra-style kits both take less than a full blank, and there are several reasons why using them might be to your advanta... Product Reviews Woodworking Tips Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:26:00 -0600 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/11/11/Short-on-Pen-Blanks--Try-These-Pen-Turning-Kits http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/11/6/Turning-Screwdrivers-in-the-Zone The gang over at the Woodworker's Zone runs online classes in their WoodWiki section that are really interesting and fun to follow along with. The current class happens to be on making a screwdriver, using the 4-in-1 Screwdriver Kit from Rockler! ... Events Projects Resources Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:16:00 -0600 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/11/6/Turning-Screwdrivers-in-the-Zone http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/11/2/Remarkable-Rockler-Reviews-Clamp-Handle-Grips We heard from Russ Alexander of Big Bear Lake, California last week on our Clamp Handle Grips. Russ gives 'em five stars and says: I have around 50 Bessey clamps, most with the older style small handle. When the new style came out I asked Bessey if... Product Reviews Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:09:00 -0600 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/11/2/Remarkable-Rockler-Reviews-Clamp-Handle-Grips http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/10/16/Guest-Blogger-Renaissance-Woodworker-on-the-Dust-Right-System It's always interesting to mix things up a little bit, and with that in mind we thought we'd begin offering up some posts from guest bloggers! First up: Shannon Rogers, of Rogers' Fine Woodworking. Shannon blogs as The Renaissance Woodworker an... [More] Guest Blogger Product Reviews Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:58:00 -0600 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/10/16/Guest-Blogger-Renaissance-Woodworker-on-the-Dust-Right-System http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/10/13/Customer-Project-Gallery-The-Table-That-Ran-Away Our new Photo Gallery has been turning up some really interesting projects! One of my favorites is shown here: Running Table by David T. from Cypress, California. How fun is this? Check out the gallery to read the story of how David made this con... Reader Tips & Projects Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:22:00 -0600 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/10/13/Customer-Project-Gallery-The-Table-That-Ran-Away http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/9/22/Now-search-the-Rockler-site-from-the-search-box-in-your-browser Adding Rockler.com to your browser's search bar Now you can use your browser's built-in search box to search Rockler.com! If you use Internet Explorer or Firefox you can now add Rockler to your list of search options. This enables you to search righ... [More] Rockler News and Events Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:49:00 -0600 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/9/22/Now-search-the-Rockler-site-from-the-search-box-in-your-browser http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/9/18/Remarkable-Rockler-Reviews-The-Thread-Detective Five stars all around for this little gem! We'll let our customers tell you about the Thread Detective: "These make sizing an unknown screw or bolt a snap." "Ingenious product!" "Very simple to use so just buy it you won't regret it!" "Will ge... Product Reviews Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:48:00 -0600 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/9/18/Remarkable-Rockler-Reviews-The-Thread-Detective http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/9/17/Woodworkers-Around-the-Web-Remember-James-Krenov-19202009 The woodworking world lost another Great last week, when James Krenov passed away at age 88. Krenov was revered as a master of simplicity in design, and is credited for rekindling the popularity of fine furniture-making with his 1976 book ''A Cabine... [More] Woodworking Greats Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:04:00 -0600 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/9/17/Woodworkers-Around-the-Web-Remember-James-Krenov-19202009 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/31/Show-off-your-stuff-in-Rocklers-new-Project-Gallery We are very excited to announce the opening of our new Customer Project Gallery! Rockler.com now has a spiffy new place for you to share your talents with thousands of other woodworkers. It's easy to upload a project to the Gallery. Give it a ... Reader Tips & Projects Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:41:00 -0600 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/31/Show-off-your-stuff-in-Rocklers-new-Project-Gallery http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/28/Bench-Cookies-Part-2-Rockler-Celebrates-Cookies-with-a-Cake Rockler's Bench Cookies have turned out to be such a big hit, that we had a little party last week to celebrate the Cookies and our "Boys in Blue" - the Product Development team that created them! The delicious (and perfectly-themed!) Cookie Mon... [More] Product Reviews Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:53:00 -0600 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/28/Bench-Cookies-Part-2-Rockler-Celebrates-Cookies-with-a-Cake http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/26/Mmmm-Bench-Cookies-Part-1 If you haven't heard about Rockler Bench Cookies yet, well, I hate to say "Where have you been?" but... where have you been? Bench Cookies are the hottest new accessory to hit the workshop since - I don't know when! Bench Cookies are unique ho... [More] Product Reviews Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:22:00 -0600 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/26/Mmmm-Bench-Cookies-Part-1 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/21/Rockler-Parties-at-Oronoco-with-a-Jolly-Band-of-Junking-Bloggers Last weekend the Rockler Blog Team (actually my ten-year-old-sidekick/daughter and I) attended a blogger party of a most unusual sort - it was a potluck, for junking bloggers, held in the middle of a flea market, with the food served on... junk! A... [More] Events Junking Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:43:00 -0600 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/21/Rockler-Parties-at-Oronoco-with-a-Jolly-Band-of-Junking-Bloggers http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/14/Advanced-Pen-Turning-New-LaserCut-Inlay-Kits-Make-You-a-Star-Turner Update: Congratulations to our giveaway winner, Tim Spaulding, who has won his choice of one of the new pen kits! Please be sure to check out Tim's website Maggie Lake Woodworks where he's got some fantastic pieces for sale. Thanks for posting on y... [More] Product Reviews Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:32:00 -0600 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/14/Advanced-Pen-Turning-New-LaserCut-Inlay-Kits-Make-You-a-Star-Turner http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/13/Rockler-Woodworking-and-Hardware-is-Ranked-Among-the-Top-Internet-Retailers Internet Retailer, a monthly national business magazine, web site conference, and directory serving the retailing community, has once again recognized Rockler Woodworking and Hardware as one of America's 500 largest e-retailers, based on annual 2008 ... Rockler News and Events Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:09:00 -0600 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/13/Rockler-Woodworking-and-Hardware-is-Ranked-Among-the-Top-Internet-Retailers http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/10/Remarkable-Rockler-Reviews-Hardware-as-Art Our customer review of the week this week is definitely the funkiest use of our hardware that we've seen yet! Willem Volkersz, of Bozeman, Montana writes I have used Rockler hardware in my mixed media and neon sculptures for many years; they perfect... Product Reviews Reader Tips & Projects Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:12:00 -0600 http://www.rockler.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/10/Remarkable-Rockler-Reviews-Hardware-as-Art