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“Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.”
—Walter Savage Landor
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Tuesday we will open the pre-order window for both the DJ-1, DJ-2, Universal Jaws and both Imperial and metric bushing sets. We don’t plan on making these again until the fourth quarter of 2013.
Many thanks to those DSN members who provided feedback–I think the DJ-2 is a great new tool and we are excited to hear how you folks use it in your shops. The two images below illustrate what you can do with a second bushing housing, either in tandem or two completely different jig setups;
Dual heads may not be for everybody, but at least the option now exits.
The image below shows how the centering function works–I used the metric scale (way easier) and you can see the spacing is identical on the left and right which indicates the drill line is centered. Your favorite Tool Potentate oriented the graduations so you don’t have to read upside down. Cool yes/no? 🙂
Lastly, for you HP6v2 owners, coming in September, a tapered sliding dovetail kit. BTW, tapered sliding dovetails may be one of the most difficult joints to make in wood. But not for long. Also coming in September is the 2012 “Fab Fifty” tool. Yes, it will be made from stainless steel and that is all I am saying about that!
Again, thanks for the feedback. The fact that Roger Savatteri is happy is a minor miracle!
–John
Ah! My two-headed monster made the cut! I’ll be the most boring guy in western Kansas when I get one of these.
John,
Just two bushing holders; you allergic to selling stuff? It appears that a person could fit 7 or 8 using the single beam or 3 or 4 on the double. Finally I can fulfill my childhood dream of making and selling my own line of boutique pegboard.
Best,
Rutager
Rutager;
You can get as many as you want! 🙂
I think your pegboard idea is full of holes…
–John
Sooooo…..
4 complete sets of drill guides….
Are you offering the COMPLETE set again or the original set? As I recall, these babys aren’t too inexpensive, but we may now be approaching volume discount levels (I think this is a Wal-mart trick…)
This may be a bit too much, but it doesn’t hurt to ask. The drill guide (complete) kit came in a box, but I really liked the way I could organize the original set in the foam packing. Would it be possible to include enough (holy packing) so that we could store a couple of full sets in an organized way?
thanks for considering!
Dennis
Ever see “The Thing with Two Heads” starring Rosey Grier and Ray Milland? A classic!
🙂