Learn Woodworking Tips & Tricks with Rockler

SawStop Table Saws are well known for their innovative blade brake safety technology. This table saw safety solution is available in all of their table saws. The best saw for your shop depends on the types of woodworking projects you make and where you do your woodworking. This demo will walk you through the benefits of three of the bestselling SawStop Table Saws.

Modern machines and jigs simplify and streamline their construction.

Mortises and tenons make up one of the most important joints in woodworking. From frame-and-panel doors to table legs and aprons, mortise-and-tenon joints have been hard at work for hundreds of years.

There are three basic reasons for buying a "bench top" router table (a router table intended to stand on a workbench or other support rather than taking up a permanent space on the floor): cost, compactness, and portability.

Bring two flat surfaces together with glue or other reinforcements, and you've created woodworking's simplest joint.

There is a wide variety of safety gear on the market that applies to table saw use. Push sticks of various types and styles protect fingers. Featherboards secure and guide stock. Personal protective equipment shields hearing, eyesight and lungs. But to be effective, these items need to be routinely used.

Wood and acrylic are the most common materials used when turning a ring. But that doesn't mean you are limited to those materials. Sometimes it's fun to experiment with other materials in your turning projects. Peter Brown is known for pushing the limits of turning materials. In this case, he used crayons and real snakeskin to make two unique rings. First, he used our Stainless Steel 2-Part Ring Core and a set of crayons to create a colorful ring. Next, he mixed pieces of snakeskin and epoxy to create a micarta, or layered material, turning blank. Learn how he created these rings in his video below.

The two most basic cuts that a table saw performs are rip cuts and crosscuts.