I’m in the middle of refining a recipe for a liquid hide glue that uses food-grade gelatin as the base product and is essentially clear. If all goes to plan, we should start selling the glue by the end of the year. Our working name for the stuff is “Death Grip Glue,” which is a…
Read moreWe’ve just added the last of our inventory of Anthe Lump Hammers and Redneck Pencil Gauges to our store. This is the final bit of our run of special edition Anthe hammers, which help fund our restoration of our new headquarters on Madison Avenue in Covington. We won’t be making these again. The Redneck Pencil…
Read moreThanks to our two new employees – Gabe and Mark – we now have 250 more GoDrillas in stock and ready to ship. The GoDrilla is a bit extender that works with any 1/4” hex tool and any 1/4” hex rod (a 12” hex rod is included). The GoDrilla lock on your bit with fearsome…
Read moreWe use pencil gauges as much as marking gauges or cutting gauges. That’s because a pencil line is sometimes the better choice, especially when marking out bevels or curves. When we construct our shop-made pencil gauges, we include a “face plate” or “curve attachment” to one face of the gauge’s head. The face plate –…
Read moreOccasionally we have customers who are bewildered that we use Chicago screws to adjust our Crucible Type 2 Dividers and Sliding Bevel. Why don’t we use a thumbscrew or wing nut or some other device that doesn’t require a screwdriver? The answer is simple, but not what they want to hear: Because nothing works as…
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