Woodworker's Journal 2011-35-1, страница 20
xquik-unk ^ u - I i x ^ r What s In Store continued Uneida Dust Sentry Rockier Bench Cookiev Plus Esherick, Malooi and Nakashima: Homes of the Master Wood Artisans RIDGID Contractor Grade Laptop Quik-Link takes you directly to the web page on which these products appear! No navigation necessary ... just go to woodworkers journal com snd click on the Quik-Link icon shown above. surface for the application of either oil- or water-based polyurethane finish. The Sanding Sealer itself is water-based, low in VOCs and cleans up easily with soap and water. Price varies according to retailer. The Oneida Dust Sentry stands watch over your dust collection container and alerts you — via a strobe light — when it's reached the level you've pre-set. You can then dump the drum before it, and your filter, fill with chips you'll have to unpack because you didn't dump the dust in time. The Dust Sentry works with solids or liquids and retrofits to any drum or container. It's priced at $129. Rockier"s bench Cookies,M work holders have been released in a couple of new "flavors": the Bench Cookie Plus, which adds additional height, and the Bench Cookie Home, which adds an element of home decor. Bench Cookies Plus work with risers that thread into the bottom of Bench Cookie Plus on one end and into a standard round 3/4" benehdog hole on the other end. The risers come in standard or extra-large sizes, and the Bench Cookies Plus in "two-cookie" and "'three-cookie" heights. The greater elevation can ease back strain, provide uninterrupted surfaces for finishing, and make it easier to use circular saws and other tools without risk of hitting the workbench. The Bench Cookie Plus sells for SI3.99 for a four-pack, while the risers are sold separately in pairs; $3.99 for the Tool company RIDGID has partnered with computer maker Dell to create four laptops, designed for contractor use on jobsites, but which would work just as well lor woodworkers doing outside or home improvement projects. The RIDGID Contractor Grade Laptops withstand drops of up to four feet, plus conditions such as pounding rain, blowing dust and dirt and extreme temperatures. They come with RIDGID monitoring, recording and data management tools as part of the pre-loaded software. Pricing ranges from $4,754 for the E6400 XFR, equipped with Dell's Ballistic Armor™ Protection System, to $1,579 for the standard K6410, designed for ong batten life. — Joanna Werch Takes>^ standard length and $7.99 for XL. The Bench Cookie Home, meanwhile, is a standard size Bench Cookie wrapped in a glossy black shell: four-packs sell for $11.99. Although modern woodworking masters Wharton Esherick, George Nakashima and Sam Maloof have all passed on, the book Esherick, Maloof & Nakash ima: Homes of the Master Wood Artisans, by Steven Paul Whitsitt and Tina Skinner makes it possible to "visit" each of their art-filled homes. Published by Schiffer Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7643-3202-9), the book contains brief biographies of each woodworker and extensive photography of the furniture, fixtures and other artwork they created for their own homes. The book is priced at $49.99. 20 February 2011 Woodworkers Journal JMaasa: ii^aVkus & IFsmtas© Map^tetorMI |
