Posted: 7/20/2024 5:51:31 PM EDT
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Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File it's been a while since I've bought something kind of bougie. My new center finder from Bridge City Tools.... This thing will find center on stock up to 7-7/8", dead center of round stock up to 7-7/8", square stock up to 6-7/64", it'll find the center of tapered stock, and can be used to set up mortice and tenons. Their packaging is almost as nice as their tools themselves. ?? I almost just want to leave it in the box and look at it. ?? |
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Originally Posted By ABElisch: “…kind of bougie…”?? Bridge City is like the Bugatti of the artisanal tool makers! Pretty cool. Nice acquisition. I might have 3 of their tools....  The Chopstick Master (I've actually sold enough sets of chopsticks to pay for it at least once, though) Mini miter square. I hardly use it, I just love small tools and I got it on a sale for like $15. |
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Originally Posted By WWIIWMD: Congrats! (if says Made In China, ah am depress) They got bought out a number of years ago, and a chicom businessman bought the company and moved all of the production out of Oregon, and to china. Well would they still be able to make those tools in portland? I have a number of old Bridge City things from 30 to as new as maybe 10-12 years ago Although the new stuff with the anodized aluminum does look nice. The older stuff that was largely brass and some kind of laminated tropical hardwood, had a bad tendency or getting some nasty stains or corrosion on the brass. I don't know if it was the epoxy glue used to laminate, or just the wood itself taht cause the staining and corrosion |
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Originally Posted By zombievt: I might have 3 of their tools.... The Chopstick Master (I've actually sold enough sets of chopsticks to pay for it at least once, though) Mini miter square. I hardly use it, I just love small tools and I got it on a sale for like $15. |