Tool Guide from Fine Homebuilding

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I had to spend hours waiting at teh airport Friday in Austin (got home at 12:10 AM  )

to use the time I bought a magazine that reviewed new tools 

www.finewoodworking.com is the affiliatedwebsite

anyway there were some surprises on price/performance

Router bits --

Eagle 171-2605   www.eagleamerica.com


Whiteside

www.whitesiderouterbits.com

Bench top drill presses

Grizzly G7943    $225

www.grizzly.com


Benchtop planers

Craftsman    21759

Dewalt 735


Ryobi AP 1301 (best buy at $200 )

Chisels

best buy Grizzly Japanese at $14

There were lots of other tools reviewed too worth a look at the bookstore if you're looking for aome new tools


Almost forgot

Forstner bits

FAMAG was the best $13 to $ 19 a piece

Again Grizzly a best buy at $27 for a a set of 16  that performed nearly as well as the Bosch ($68 for a set of 7)

and Cordless impact drivers

Panasonic EY7540LN2S rated best -- also $340

Makita BTD142HW almost as good at $190 ( I bought one of these with 18 V drill included for  $250 at the big orange store yesterday)