This has become one of my go to channels for no BS tool reviews as well discovering new tools I haven't seen. Everything tool reviews should be informed, honest and unbiased.
To check cabinets for square and also to check/compare other inside dimensions, consider using a bar gauge. Veritas/Lee Valley offers a very useful and economical kit you use with hardwood strips you provide to create your own bar gauge of any length you like. (Woodpeckers of course offers a far more expensive modular version with metal bar sections.) But I have achieved continuous measurement range from 15" to almost 10' for far less money by buying four Veritas kits and supplying pairs of oak strips in lengths 15", 22", 36", and 58". The respective ranges of these gauges are: 15"-27"; 22"-41"; 36"-69"; and 58"-113". As a professional finish carpenter, I carry the three largest gauges in the same custom 60" guitar-type case I use to protect/transport my track saw rails to the job. Taking the basic bar gauge concept one step further, I made my gauges function as inside calipers by simply applying the appropriate section of a self-adhesive tape measure to one member of each gauge. Of course we now use laser distance measures, but physical gauges can be useful and actually more efficient to determine either maximum or minimum measurements of inside openings when surveying theoretically parallel openings (e.g., from floor to ceiling) for millwork installations and/or when determining how big scribe lips must be when designing custom millwork.
Thanks Michael! I’ve actually been looking at both the Veritas and Woodpecker. I also own the woodpecker Storystick Pro but find them to be cumbersome to use on small parts.
@@concentrichomesolutions I picked up the WP story stick dirt cheap when a local woodworking store was going out of business. But I haven't been doing any casework for some time, so I haven't tried it out yet. IMO Woodpeckers' strong suit is the absolutely reliable precision of their fundamental tools. For my purposes, many of their others are designed to cover such an enormous range of possible applications that they become somewhat impractical and/or bulky for the most common application which inspired their conception in the first place. Also, small tools that come in individual French fitted cases somehow suggest an appeal to collectors rather than to actual tradesmen. That said, I love Woodpeckers brand and rely on some of the most straight-forward tools every day.
Solid set of core tools to perform the task of cabinetry. The drilling jig is the only one I have not used…. But it is interesting
Thanks for watching!
Have you noticed a location that sells the Thor Hammer face screw on inserts. I found one in Australia - to far.
Try this place: hammersource.com/soft-replaceable-face-hammers/thor-db-and-nt-series/
Solid work sir.
Thank you Doug!
Dead square :)
Thanks for watching Yevhenii!
This has become one of my go to channels for no BS tool reviews as well discovering new tools I haven't seen. Everything tool reviews should be informed, honest and unbiased.
Thank you David!
To check cabinets for square and also to check/compare other inside dimensions, consider using a bar gauge. Veritas/Lee Valley offers a very useful and economical kit you use with hardwood strips you provide to create your own bar gauge of any length you like. (Woodpeckers of course offers a far more expensive modular version with metal bar sections.) But I have achieved continuous measurement range from 15" to almost 10' for far less money by buying four Veritas kits and supplying pairs of oak strips in lengths 15", 22", 36", and 58". The respective ranges of these gauges are: 15"-27"; 22"-41"; 36"-69"; and 58"-113". As a professional finish carpenter, I carry the three largest gauges in the same custom 60" guitar-type case I use to protect/transport my track saw rails to the job. Taking the basic bar gauge concept one step further, I made my gauges function as inside calipers by simply applying the appropriate section of a self-adhesive tape measure to one member of each gauge. Of course we now use laser distance measures, but physical gauges can be useful and actually more efficient to determine either maximum or minimum measurements of inside openings when surveying theoretically parallel openings (e.g., from floor to ceiling) for millwork installations and/or when determining how big scribe lips must be when designing custom millwork.
Thanks Michael! I’ve actually been looking at both the Veritas and Woodpecker. I also own the woodpecker Storystick Pro but find them to be cumbersome to use on small parts.
@@concentrichomesolutions I picked up the WP story stick dirt cheap when a local woodworking store was going out of business. But I haven't been doing any casework for some time, so I haven't tried it out yet. IMO Woodpeckers' strong suit is the absolutely reliable precision of their fundamental tools. For my purposes, many of their others are designed to cover such an enormous range of possible applications that they become somewhat impractical and/or bulky for the most common application which inspired their conception in the first place. Also, small tools that come in individual French fitted cases somehow suggest an appeal to collectors rather than to actual tradesmen. That said, I love Woodpeckers brand and rely on some of the most straight-forward tools every day.