Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall has been writing for Woodworker's Journal as a contributing editor and field editor since 2001. Prior to that, he spent five years developing home improvement and woodworking books. He's written five of them and has served as a contributing writer on many more. A wood and tool junkie since childhood, Chris thoroughly enjoys building projects and reviewing woodworking tools for the Journal. When he's not assembling new machinery, sawing parts, taking photos or crunching text for an upcoming story, he enjoys spending time with his family and a houseful of pets at their home in Virginia.

Articles from Chris Marshall

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  Grizzly Tools G0691 Cabinet Saw Features a Solid Squaring Rip Fence

  Grizzly’s G0691 cabinet saw is a solid middle of the road table saw with a nicely adjustable rip fence and a useful dust port feature for all the dust this saw throws.

  
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  How to Test a Cabinet Table Saw with Dust Collection, Tabletop and Saw Blade Tests

  Most cabinet saw purchases are made for life, so you want to get the most for your money, our expert details his testing process for determining the best bets in cabinet saws.

  
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  SawStop Professional Cabinet Saw Comes with a Patented Safe Brake System

  SawStop’s Pro cabinet saw matches up well with its Contractor’s Saw and Industrial Cabinet Saw for maximum safety and sawing power in a home shop.

  
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  How to Square-Up Parts on a Table Saw with a Crosscut Sled or an Infeed Table

  Squaring up large parts on a shop table saw can be difficult without some support, our expert weighs in on infeed tables and crosscutting sleds.

  
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  General Tools, ChestMate and Keller Lead Chris Marshall’s Best Non-Traditional Dovetail Jigs

  Expert Chris Marshall brought some non-traditional dovetail cutting jigs into his shop, and found that some had benefits over the old style clamp-in templates.

  
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  Keller Model 1601 Pro Series Dovetail Jig Expensive but Professional Template

  Keller employs decades of experience to make an adjustable and durable professional dovetail templates for a shop with money to spend.

  
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  Sommerfeld’s Katie Jig Uses a Solid Tuning Fork Set-Up for Guided Joinery

  Sommerfeld’s Katie Dovetail Joinery jig has a unique tuning fork joinery system that takes time to set up, but is solid and cuts good joints.

  
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  MLCS Fast Joint Dovetail Joinery System Cuts Decorative Half-Blinds

  The PVC templates on MLCS’s Fast Joint System might not be optimal, but their decorative joints add a new refreshing look to old joinery.

  
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  Gifkins Dovetail Jig with Six Dovetail Templates for Router Table Joinery

  From Australia, Gifkins Dovetail Jig offers six one-piece templates with wraparound stops for efficient router table dovetail cutting straight out of the box.

  
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  General Tools E-Z Pro Dovetailer Pinboard Guide Plate Makes Cutting Long, Clean Dovetails Easy

  For long runs of dovetails and easy alignment at good value, it’s hard to go wrong with the General Tools E-Z Pro Dovetailer joinery jig.