A system developed at Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) uses augmented reality (AR) to help make extremely precise timber cuts without having to measure or mark up beams.

Over the course of a typical day in the workshop, a woodworker might reach for a dozen or more tools. Both hand and power tools frequently come together to support the needs of a woodworker's charge.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A proper woodworker's workshop is equipped with many essential woodworking power tools and implements to shape that lumber to your will. The ...