Porter Cable’s 1 3/4 hp router is just the right size with a slow start, variable speed and plunge base, to create the radius parts for these Doug Fir brackets. Then the Rigid 3″ belt sander with P80 grit sandpaper takes away the bearing marks and cleans up where the router bit lifts the grain fuzz. The Makita 6″ random orbital sander has lost the dust collection bag but the work area is often outside or nearly outside. The Rigid belt sander leaves a rough finish that the Makita orbital with P100 grit sandpaper cleans up.

Grainchek will be a mobile app that provides a platform to collect samples of work performed with different tools, brands of tools, accessories, fasteners and methods. These work samples can then be shared with the manufacturers and retailers that make the tools available.