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The Best Solution for Drilling and Driving Woodscrews

You know there’s a correct way to install woodscrews, right? When joining two pieces of wood, a shank hole should be drilled through the workpiece you’re attaching to another piece. This hole is sized...

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Fast & Accurate Cabinet Door Production With Our Combo Rail & Stile Shaper Head

The Infinity Tools One-Piece Insert-Pro Rail & Stile cutterhead comes with a standard set of knives and an allen wrench. Traditionally, making rail and stile cabinet doors requires a matched set of...

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The Underrated Saw Blade You Didn’t Know You Needed

Infinity Cutting Tools has a saw blade in their inventory that a lot of folks don’t understand. We call it the 10″ Multi-Material, 80-tooth saw blade. It was originally designed to cut materials like...

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No Shop Should Be Without a Set of Steel Rules

Those that know me know that I have an obsession with measuring, marking, and layout tools. I don’t know why, but I have a serious collection of rules, marking knives, calipers, and particularly, steel...

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Inexpensive Sharpening System Guarantees Results

In order for hand tools — like chisels and planes — to work properly and safely, they need to be sharp. The problem is, getting a tool truly sharp is not all that easy unless you have good sharpening...

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Choosing and Installing iVac Automated Dust Collection Systems

An iVac Automated Dust Collection System takes the hassle out of operating your dust collector. iVac has become well-known for making it easy to automate the dust collection system for any shop, big or...

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The Ultimate in Knife Sharpening. Really.

If you’re like me, you don’t think about sharpening a knife until you go to use it and it won’t slice through melted butter. Not only is a dull knife counterproductive, but it’s also unsafe. My dad...

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Make Custom Chef Knives in a Weekend

Hock Chef Knife Set from Infinity Cutting Tools (00-611) A lot of folks don’t realize that we carry Hock Chef’s Knife Kits in 5″ (101-610) and 8″ (101-611) lengths. The 8″ chef’s knife is a recent...

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7 Awesome Router Bits All in a Row

Infinity Cutting Tools 7-pc. Professional Router Bit Set (00-113) However you store your router bits, I’m sure there are a few that are the easiest to reach because you use them more often than the...

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Shapers vs. Router Tables

Comparing an Infinity Cutting Tools Router Table Package to a Shop Fox 3-hp shaper. Here at Infinity Cutting Tools we often get asked some basic questions about shapers and why a woodworker might...

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Infinity Cutting Tools is Proud to Support “Tools for Opportunity”

I’ve served on the Board of Directors for an amazing non-profit organization, Tools for Opportunity, for a number of years. They provide tools and training to woodworking craftsmen in Central America....

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Forstner Bits: Not Your Average Drill Bits

Sometimes I get curious about the origin of things. In this case, I was curious about how Forstner drill bits came to be. I did a little digging and came up with a tidbit of information on Wikipedia...

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Step Up your Finishing Skills with Odie’s Oil

Odie’s Oil finishing products are available from Infinity Cutting Tools in a convenient finishing kit (115-415) It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of Odie’s Oil. (Check out my earlier article here.)...

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A New Angle on Chisels for Joinery

If you’ve ever tried to use a conventional bench chisel to remove waste from a tight corner, you might have been frustrated that the cutting edge can’t quite reach into the corner. This is especially...

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Build this Saw Blade Storage Cabinet in a Weekend

In this post, I’ll step you through building the Saw Blade Storage Cabinet you see here. At the bottom of this post, you’ll find a couple of helpful videos plus links to download plans and a 3D...

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How to Make a Window Sash – Part 1

When you think of how many buildings have wood window sashes it’s no surprise that making them is a very popular topic of discussion. It amazes me how many fellow woodworkers out there have questions...

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Choosing the Proper Mallet

It’s no secret that I love hammers and mallets. In fact, it has been suggested that I have a hammer problem. This may be due to the fact that I have four drawers in my tool chest, each dedicated to a...

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How to Make a Window Sash – Part 2

The 55-802 Window Sash Jr. router bit set allows you to make a thinner sash but requires a different procedure for creating the tenons. A lot of people have asked if it is possible to make 1-1/8″ to...

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Perfect Angle Setup with the iGaging AngleCube

If you’ve ever struggled to set up a cut at an odd angle or simply wished for an easy way to level a cabinet, picture frame, or woodworking machine the iGaging Digital AngleCube (DAG-001) is the...

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Introducing Shark and Japanese-Style Pull Saws

Somewhere in my woodworking past, several years ago, I picked up one of these gems: Infinity Cutting Tools – Shark Saw (Item 101-875) I’ve used this saw almost more than any other saw in my shop. As a...

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