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The last ShortCuts column 2016 is up and we have quite an array for you. We caution you on the dangers of mis-handling Lithium-ion battery packs. We tell you about some changes in the woodworking tool industry and we tell you about some of the newest tools from DeWalt. Take a look! -- The...

Although we are only a few days away from our official summer (here in the northern hemisphere) and the longest day of the year, the weather in Nova Scotia belies it. Our summer issue of ShortCuts deals with woodworking joints, the various types available, their strengths and weaknesses. We...

The Autumn issue of ShortCuts is up and running, enjoy. -- The very best is the least that I can do Graham McCulloch http://www.shortcuts.ns.ca/column

Here we are, the end of June and some of us still don't feel like it's summer in the Norther Hemisphere. I hope that winter has not yet set in in Australia. We have a few tips on wood selection for your projects in this issue of ShortCuts as well as some new books from Fox Chapel. In our...

We start another year and Column 808 is full of goodies for 2015, take a look! -- The very best is the least that I can do Graham McCulloch http://www.shortcuts.ns.ca/column

This is the Christmas issue with lots of ideas for gifts for woodworkers and the last column for 2014. I hope you had a good year and I also hope that 2015 will be as good or better for you and yours. See you next year! This is the Christmas issue with lots of ideas for gifts for woodworkers...

Lawmaker Murphy enters the woodworking business in our November column. we quote a ridiculous law suit but then on the serious side we have some excellent and innovative tools in our Test section. In addition to these you will find some timely new books from Fox Chapel. Take a look! -- The...

Our October issue is available and as usual we have a full load of information including our book review and Tool Tests. And... a very special DeWalt Table Saw, take a look! -- The very best is the least that I can do Graham McCulloch http://www.shortcuts.ns.ca/column

Hi All There is a very full plate in our 804th column, We start with some helpful hints on using the bandsaw and re-sawing, a pile of items in our "Nailing It" feature, three new books from Fox Chapel and some exciting new tools in our Tool Test feature, take a look! -- The very best is...

Gourd carving, tool tests, recalls and gluing up are features of this August issue of ShortCuts, take a look! -- The very best is the least that I can do Graham McCulloch http://www.shortcuts.ns.ca/column

The July issue (Column 802) is published and now ready for viewing. We have an eclectic range of topics in this issue as always. We continue with more on a heat pump installation, splitting wood, old pallets put to good use, a great book on kitchen cabinets, new tools and more, much more, take...

We are jam packed with new material this month, new tool tests, a new book review, a talented Nova Scotian, a new safer table saw and a couple of tool recalls that should interest you, take a look! -- The very best is the least that I can do Graham McCulloch http://www.shortcuts.ns.ca/column

Well, after some struggles and technical glitches we finally got our 800th column up and running. This is quite a milestone for us and with this you will find some formatting changes. With this 800th we are going to a monthly e-column. More content and really good stuff about woodworking and...

Two days of solid sunshine and warmth kept us outside and away from the computer, That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it. We are all about planes in this issue of ShortCuts but not the flying kind, the Frederick T. Stanley kind and we deal with the history and the varied types. We have a few...

After a short (2 weeks) vacation we are back with a very full ShortCuts column. We look into and solve a wet basement problem and offer many more moisture solutions. We have a couple of product recalls to tell you about as well as some new Tool Tests. Bosch has a new 5.0 Ah Li ion battery and...

Welcome to Spring here in the Northern Hemisphere and Autumn in the South. I hope you all are having better weather than we are in the Northeast where we are expecting eight inches of snow next week. Our ShortCuts column this week deals with kitchen remodelling on a more economical basis. We...

Know what a dodecagon is? We'll tell you and show you how to put it together in this issue of ShortCuts. We have that and a few joinery tips as well. We also have a recall notice you might want to read about, a new edge roller to save you a whole lot of time and one of the last hardware stores...

I know it's not quite the time to be out in the garden here in the northern hemisphere but we do have subscribers in the south that this may be of interest to. For us "northerners" file it away for a couple of months. We have a small compressors that have been recalled and we have a really great...

A few weeks ago we talked screws so it is only fitting that we talk about nails and this is our topic in this issue of ShortCuts. We tell you all there is to know about nails along with some tips to keep them in place. We also talk a bit about turning and the tools used to make better turnings...

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