On 2/6/2018 at 6:10 PM, Dadio said:

Here in the Great Pacific Northwest we have our own premier tool company "Bridge City Tools".

http://www.bridgecitytools.com/default/tools/gift-ideas.html

 

I have some of their tools...

beautiful tools... finest kind gifts...

so fine they sit in their original boxes unused decades later...

On 2/6/2018 at 6:30 PM, Grandpadave52 said:

, but some interesting and high quality looking tools.

 

 

you need to see and caress this tool of theirs... you'll get out more..

http://www.bridgecitytools.com/default/tools/gift-ideas/bp-18v2-bevel-protractor.html

14 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

BUT.... you own a Bridge City tool! Weave THAT fact into casual conversation, and your rating as a woodworker goes through the roof! First thing you know, you're being interviewed on the local TV station, and THEN.... well, the sky's the limit!

John

 

you not taking ALL of your meds John???...

16 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

 

you not taking ALL of your meds John???...

OOPS!

John

I bought the JointMaker II along with the Precision Fence, waited  over 18 months for delivery. It was the most beautiful tool you could ever imagine. Every detail super precision. It was that tool like a table saw where the blade is a fixed Japanese pull saw blade and the work is clamped to a sliding table that slid on Linear Bearings & Linear Guide shafts, almost frictionless. Then you cut by raising the blade in increments and sliding the work back and forth. It would make a crosscut of .005" thick, if required.

I used it a couple of times and decided that it was not for my type of work so I sold it.

There are a following of BrigeCity Tools that collect them, and never use them, gun collectors.

 

http://www.bridgecitytools.com/default/jmpv2-jointmaker-pro.html

 

http://www.bridgecitytools.com/default/tools/jointmaker/fence-systems/jointmaker-fence-systems/jmpv2-precision-fence-system-the-works.html

Herb

11 minutes ago, Dadio said:

 

Double post.

Edited February 8, 20188 yr by Dadio

3 hours ago, Stick486 said:

you need to see and caress this tool of theirs... you'll get out more..

I can't afford to go out at those kind of prices...

14 minutes ago, Dadio said:

It was that tool like a table saw....http://www.bridgecitytools.com/default/jmpv2-jointmaker-pro.html

Huh, a cordless table saw...who knew...

If only it had the SS safety technology on it....

44 minutes ago, Dadio said:

There are a following of BrigeCity Tools that collect them, and never use them, gun collectors.

Herb

Thanks to my gift, I started my collection. Thanks to the costs, I'm done collecting.

Since they are limited production tools, they hold their value, I have heard.

Turners don't use squares much but I have a couple hood ones.  Drafting squares are quite accurate and cheap.