Tool: Dowel and Tenon Centers Dowel Centers are little metal cylinders capped with a point that can be used in a few ways: For doweling, they align your second set of dowel holes. For positioning spindle work, they pinpoint the location for boring. An internal point marks the exact center of a dowel for lathe [...]
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Tool: Bridge City Tool Works CT-1 Squevel Date of Service: 1993 Wow! Really one of my coolest tools. At first I thought these tools were too beautiful to use but it didn’t take me long to break them in. Today my limited edition Signature Series CT-1 Squevel is in constant use, though writing this post [...]
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Tool: Bridge City Tool Works – TS-2 Master Try Square Date of Service: December 1990 Every woodworker has a few prized tools that are put to use often. A few of the finest tools In my shop are made by Bridge City Tool Works, including the TS-2 Master Try Square which is engraved with my [...]
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Tool: Ticonderoga #2 soft pencil Every woodworker uses pencils. The Ticonderoga #2 soft pencil is the choice for my shop. I’ve tried several other manufacturers but the Ticonderoga is a brand with a decent eraser. I got a case of pencils as a gift and ended up tossing them because I couldn’t erase mistake lines. [...]
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Tool: Pacific Laser Systems PLS-60521 PLS180 Tool, 180-degree Fan Angle, Plumb and Level Line Tool The PLS 180 is a bright, accurate and simple to operate 180º line level. It’s application compares favorably to rotary levels costing considerably more. Set upon my Slik camera tripod the PLS-180 registers clearly on all but sundrenched surfaces. Projecting [...]
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