IN THE FORGE
Gifts for Festool and Systainer Owners: The 2026 FORG3D Gift Guide
A gift guide for the person whose tools live in Systainers: what to buy at every price, what each gift needs to work, and order by December 10 for Christmas.
Things That Go Bump in the Shop
Five small hauntings every woodshop has: the vanishing driver, the hole that swallows, the clamp in the path, the wandering rail, the bottomless bin.
Engineered Organizers vs Foam: Where Each One Earns Its Place
Foam fits the kit you owned on cut day. Foam vs engineered Systainer inserts: bins for the kit that changes, fitouts for the kit that doesn't, and where foam still earns its place.
Building a Systainer System: Where to Start and What to Buy First
Just got your first Systainer? What the Systainer3 format gives you, what SYS-ORG, SYS-FIT and SYS-GRP each solve, and how to pick the first piece to buy.
How to Set Up a Systainer for Cabinetry Work
A Systainer setup for cabinet work: one SYS-ORG bin per fastener type, the bit kept with the screw it drives, and the daily tools on the face of the stack.
Nine Hundred Miles Back — Texas Woodworking Festival Recap
A bittersweet year at the Texas Woodworking Festival: Makers MedKit next door, the Systainer Store in our corner, the Purple Heart Project across the aisle, and a Dash-Board nobody could move.
Vacuum Workholding vs Clamps: An Honest Comparison for Woodworkers
Vacuum workholding vs clamps: an honest look at where each one wins, and whether vacuum earns a place on a bench that already owns clamps.
Cardo and Corso — A Clamping Square That Earns Its Place
Cardo Square sets up without tools, takes the quick clamps already on your bench, does more than square a carcass, and lives in one Systainer S 76. Preorder now, shipping the first week of December.
Nine Hundred Miles to Austin — What We're Bringing, and Why We Drive It
FORG3D is at the Texas Woodworking Festival, Sept 25–27 at the Palmer Event Center in Austin, Booth 48. Come see what we have been building all year, and enter the booth giveaway.