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Woodworker

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fasteners from 5/8" to 2" and has a magazine capacity of 100 nails, with a reload indicator on the magazine and a no-mar cap. The total package, which also includes a carrying case and 3.6-volt lithium-ion screwdriver that runs on the same batteries, has a suggested

price of $299. The fuel rods are sold separately.

If you're making note of the amount of nails you'll need, or taking any other shop calculations, you're likely using a pencil. The GripSharp™ helps you hold on to that pencil — and to sharpen it. It's a combination pencil grip and leave-on pencil sharpener: twisting the wide-barrel design sharpens the pencil, removing only the wood, not the lead, to create a stronger, thicker point and extend pencil life. It's available in several colors, each of which sells for $2.89.

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For noting which woods are in your collection of samples, there's now a high-tech option that turns your iPhone into a tool for the shop — or the lumberyard. The I.D. Wood application works on either an iPhone or an iPod Touch to allow you to search through over 50 wood species (more forthcoming). Matching is based on images, species, durability, common uses and sustainability. There's a detailed description of each wood, including its woodworking properties, and you don't need to be connected to the Internet to access all of that information. The I.D. Wood app sells for $2.99.

Looking for a new project to use some of those wood samples on? The book Wooden Bowls from the Scroll Saw by Carole Rothman (Fox Chapel Publishing, ISBN 978-156523-433-8, priced at $19.95) introduces new techniques for creating the kind of bowls you'd typically find coming off a lathe. No need for that here: just a flat piece of wood, a scroll saw ... and the desire, common among woodworkers, to go to the shop and make something out of wood.

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