Dan Shapiro

CEO of Glowforge, creator of Robot Turtles, proud dad

The New Best of Fine Woodworking

Taunton Press, the publisher of Fine Woodworking Magazine, was kind enough to supply me with one of their recent publications for review. Taunton has always managed to bring a deep sense of quality to everything they produce, and their recently released The New Best of Fine Woodworking series  ...

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Dowelmax vs. The Biscuit

I decided to do a head-to-head, Biscuits vs. the Dowelmax comparison. This was pretty easy. I made two cuts in a walnut board, then doweled one and biscuited the other. I grabbed the board firmly by both edges and slammed it down on a pipe in the center to distribute the force equally to both  ...

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