Crucible Tool has been in business for five years now. To mark the occasion, I wrote a long post about the journey and realized it was a flaming barge of beaver diarrhea. So I deleted it. Instead, to mark the occasion, we will make a few special tools this year, mostly for our own delight…
Read moreThe Crucible Planing Stops will go up for sale on Monday in our store. The stops will be $49 plus shipping (I’m afraid they are unlikely to arrive at your address before Christmas). These planing stops represent two years of work and almost a $50,000 investment in patterns, matchplates and ductile iron. This is our…
Read moreWe have the first of many batches of Crucible Sliding Bevels up for sale in our store today. These are packed and ready for immediate shipment. They are made entirely in the USA. The price is $200. If this batch sells out, don’t worry. We have many more on the way. The mill is running…
Read moreDec. 13 is the last day place an order in our store and be reasonably assured that it will arrive before Christmas. We have almost everything in stock except for card scrapers. That is a Christmas Miracle after the last 20 months of uncertainty and shortages. Now some unfortunate news: The price of steel has…
Read moreI promised a short film that demonstrates how our new Crucible Sliding Bevel Functions. So here it is below. Our machine shop in Kentucky has begun milling the parts for the first big production run for this tool. We still hope a batch will be ready for Christmas, but we can’t make any promises. At…
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