Welcome friend,
I'm Mr. Sawdust.
Odds are you’ve come here looking for my book…
Master the
Radial Arm Saw
The first book of its kind in 50 years, by the fellow who started it all! From basic to professional with over 400 detailed drawings & illustrations – including how to turn an old, used DeWalt into a precision instrument.
Putting an old DeWalt into shape is more than worth the price.
"This is undoubtedly the best radial arm saw reference work ever written. I have sent many to this website. Please keep publishing this invaluable work."
"Written in a very conversational format which makes it easy to follow along. It's almost like Wally Kunkel is standing beside your saw and talking directly to you."
"Get this book. It is THE resource for Radial Arm Saws."
"My wife bought me a DeWalt for Christmas. I found your site on the web and ordered your book. It was the best $35 I ever spent. I can do things now that were unimaginable to me 6 months ago. I have the fanciest picnic table in the township. Thanks a heap."
"This book was, and still is, groundbreaking."
"I've been a woodworker for 20 years and learned more from your book than I can admit. I went through it page by page. My DeWalt saw has never worked so well. Every page is pure gold."
Why not get started with a few free chapters? I’ve put ‘em right here for you!
One woodworker sharing with another — the way things ought to be.
Pour yourself a coffee and settle into a few video tapes…
Mr. Sawdust History & Archives
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The Story of Mr. Sawdust
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The Showman
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Original Student Handbook
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Made by Mr. Sawdust
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The Mr. Sawdust Signature Line
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Fine Woodworking
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Our Kunkel Family in America
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Walnut Ridge Craftsman
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Gone Home
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Lester Margon
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Early Country Furniture
Stories
— as told by his “favorite son”, Mary B. Walsh
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The Lazy Susan
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The Hope Chest
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A Christmas Surprise
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A Desk for Dawn Angel
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Kunkel Plastics
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The Genealogy Chest
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Never Too Old To Ride
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The Next Generation
The original Bench Talk was a longstanding newsletter circulated to students and friends of the first School of Woodworking.
Now would you believe we’ve scanned every-last-one (that we can get find) and put them right here?
Coffee Talk is small a collection of wonderful excerpts from the Original Bench Talk Newsletter — which was printed monthly and sent to students attending his woodworking classes.
Bench Talk — The Mr. Sawdust Blog
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