Attending the Lie-Nielson hand tool event in Portland
Posted: 2011/02/14 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Bench Plane, Block Plane, Blue Spruce, Bridge City, Chisel, Glen Drake, Hand tool, Lie-Nielson, Marking Gauge, Planes, Tools, Woodworking Leave a comment »
Lie-Nielson Bench Planes
- This weekend I attended the Lie-Nielson hand tool event at the Northwest Woodworking Studio. It was quite amazing to see all of the offerings from Lie-Nielson in one place. Bridge City Tool Works were there as well with tools that I didn’t even know existed! The most amazing tools I saw (in my opinion) were from Bridge City. The first was the CT-17 Dual Angle Block Plane.
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The CT-17
- The CT-17 is a stainless steel block plane that may be the finest looking plane I have ever seen. At $859. I will sadly have to pass on this one. I think my money would be better spent on the JM SW Joint Maker from Bridge City.
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JM SW Joint Maker
- The JM SW Joint Maker was demonstrated for me during the event and the cuts came out so clean that any finishing work seems optional. The tool is basically just a Japanese saw mounted stationary and a table that slides over it to which the work piece is mounted. Clean cuts, no dust, no earplugs. Such a neat tool!
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Demonstrations at the event
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Blue Spruce Tools
- Blue Spruce Toolworks were there as well. These Chisels are just beautiful.
- The one tool that I am sure I will be buying after this show is from Glen-Drake. They make such a nice Marking Gauge. At $99. for the longer model, it seems well worth it for such a nice tool.
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Glen-Drake Marking Gauge
