Kim’s 1997 Poplar Door Jig

Posted on March 25th, 2011 by admin

Well, this may be the first ‘tool’ on this site that I made. A jig is certainly a tool and this one, though slapped together in 1997 is still put to use on site. Yesterday I used this to hinge some closet doors and it works like a charm. This device is used to hold [...]

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A 1905 Starrett gauge, but what is it?

Posted on March 1st, 2011 by admin

Admittedly, I own a select few inherited tools that I have no experience with. Here’s an antique Starrett tool that has me wondering: What is it? While cleaning my shop this week after using the destructive, chip throwing “Lancelot“, I found this tool on my top shelf (yes, unfortunately, wood chips covered everything, reinforcing the [...]

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