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This titanium stick transforms into the tool you wished you always in your pocket

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Cutting through your tasks has never looked better.

There always comes a time in everyone’s life where they’re left shaking their heads, wishing they had a cutting tool right at that very moment. That usually happens when we receive mail or a package that needs to be opened right then and there, but it can also happen when we’re faced with tasks that require cutting, snipping, or even slicing. Carrying a box cutter or a pair of shears all the time is definitely out of the question, and even the most pocketable scissors or blades can still be inconvenient to stow. What if you had such a tool that’s small enough to share space with your keys? That’s exactly the proposition that the Titanium Transforming Pocket Blade is making, and it’s doing a grand job of convincing people with its dashing good looks as well.

Designers: Mahir Orak and Smart&Savior Designs

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Pocket blades are one of those tools where you need to hit a sweet spot in size, or else things go south quickly. It has to be small, naturally, so that it would even fit in your pocket. At the same time, however, it has to also be big enough to give you a proper grip to avoid unsightly mishaps. There’s no size that fits all, at least not unless you can actually change the size of the object to check both boxes.

Building upon the success of six transforming pen campaigns, the Titanium Transforming Pocket Blade puts a slight twist on the story, both literally and figuratively. This cutting tool is laser-focused on delivering the precision, quality, and safety required for something that could cut both ways while still hiding a few tricks up its sleeves for good measure. And like all other multi-functional tools from Smart & Savior Designs, it still boasts of that hardened titanium body that will stand the test of time.

Open up shipping boxes.

Easily cut paper.

Peel vegetables.

Instead of the typical strong magnets, the Transform Pocket Blade uses a threaded locking mechanism and double o-rings to transform the small blade into a longer blade that you can handle with more ease and comfort. The machined spiral pattern on the handle’s surface doesn’t just make it visually interesting but also provides grooves that the skin on our fingers can bite into, improving the grip. Despite its small size, its construction and quality materials make short work of any cutting job, even slicing cucumbers. When titanium surfaces are subjected to light, it becomes more effective in repelling bacteria, so you don’t need to shy away from getting down and dirty in cutting tasks down to size.

An optional stylus nib turns the Transforming Pocket Blade into a useful tool even when not cutting things up. The fiber mesh material of that tip is more effective than the rubbery ones that cheap stylus offer. Even without the stylus tip, the titanium rod can still perform other tasks, like pushing buttons when you’re not sure if the surface is clean enough to touch with a bare finger.

The Titanium Transforming Pocket Blade’s innocent yet handsome appearance belies the powerful tool inside that’s just a twist away. Its durable titanium body, plus the fact that the blade can be removed and replaced, means that it’s going to be at your service for years to come. Designed to easily attach to carabiners, there is almost no reason why this shouldn’t be part of your EDC kit, ready to open up those surprise packages or slice up a quick snack, whenever and wherever.

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The Blue Spruce Jeweled Try Square is a thing of beauty

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You may not have a use for a Try Square, but you may want to have a Jeweled Try Square for yourself. There are no jewels, diamonds, or crystals, but this product’s finish gives that illusion of a rare jewel waiting to be discovered.

Blue Spruce Toolworks is in the business of making quality hand tools you can use to create the finest products. It is more famous for its woodworking tools, chisels, and other related materials. The try square is one of the company’s many products, and it is literally sprucing up the device with the best finishes.

Designer: Dave Jeske

Blue Spruce Jeweled Try Square

The try square remains an essential piece of equipment in woodworking and carpentry. It is often used to check the assemblies, layout work, and the squareness of a material. The try square has been used for thousands of years and has probably reached its peak. Most try squares are now perfectly manufactured, but there is no reason why they can’t be improved.

There is no limit to innovation that is why Blue Spruce Toolworks was able to come up with the Blue Spruce Jeweled Try Square. Combining basic design and modern materials, the new Jeweled Try Square from the brand is CNC-machined from cast and ground tools. It doesn’t use wood, just aluminum with a stainless steel blade with more high-quality stainless steel. The stainless steel blade is held with three precision-machined custom-designed binding barrels to the stock.

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You can get either the 6-inch or 12-inch version in different colors and finishes: clear anodized, blue, black, or Green Cerakote. You can also choose the infill: Figured Maple, African Blackwood, or Cocobolo. Genuine leather is a new choice for the infill.

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Jeweled Try Square

The Blue Spruce Jeweled Try Square can last a lifetime. It’s a reliable tool as it is a perfect fit for the holes in the blade and stock. It’s not just helpful but is also beautiful with the design. The look and feel of the try square may remind you of those classic sports cars and fine watches because of the excellent craftsmanship. Each try square is a work of art that you can customize.

We have previously seen beautifully-designed tools we never imagined would be introduced. In the design world, you can expect anything to be spruced up. The design makes things more exciting to use like in the case of the Auto Hammer and the Lever Sander. We also remember the Rhino Hammer and the Screw Pocket Drill.

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Jeweled Try Square

Jeweled Try Square

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MetMo Driver recreates the ratchet screwdriver in a beautifully stunning and brilliantly satisfying way

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This handsome screwdriver isn’t just an engineering masterpiece, it’s also a tool that helps relieve the stress of work in more ways than one.

Hardware tools aren’t exactly the kind you’d call “fun,” even if you’re the type to be knee-deep in carpentry, engineering, design, or even crafts. Every one of these people will have their favorite tools, but most of them follow a standard design that is stuck from decades or even centuries ago. They get the job done for sure but leave both our minds and our hands tired most of the time. Power tools only alleviate some of the pain but transfer it to others, like our ears and electricity bills. Sometimes, we need to look back to the past to find an answer to our present and future problems, and that is exactly what the MetMo Driver has done to bring the ratchet screwdriver to the 21st century and beyond.

Designer: MetMo

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The first ratchet screwdriver arrived in the 50s, but its design dates back even farther. Regardless of the origin, the tool became a staple in many workers’ toolboxes, but modern renditions ditched much of the spirit and the beauty that the original had in favor of mass-produced plastic and metal versions. It was time to give the ratchet screwdriver an upgrade, and who better to do that than the people who enthrone metalwork in designs that are both aesthetic and functional.

The MetMo Driver isn’t just a replica of the 1950 ratchet screwdriver. It upgrades the materials with an all-metal construction, from hard, anodized aerospace aluminum for the handle, to hard tensile brass for the trigger. The choice of materials doesn’t only make the tool durable, it also makes it long-lasting and environment-friendly. It also gives the screwdriver a sharp and distinctive look that will make you want to always put it on display rather than hidden in a toolbox or drawer.

Made for designers, engineers, and thinkers who want to just take a moment to focus, relieve stress or just play around.

Each component interlocks perfectly so you can enjoy the endless motion of MetMo Driver’s moving parts.

Features Autopilot Tech, you can drive screws in without the need of a pilot hole.

Works in the same way as a manual brace, but pocket-sized.

With its arm lowered into wrench mode, MetMo driver can deliver over 70Nm of torque.

Compatible with all standard removable Hex drive bits.

The upgrades go beyond looks, of course. There is, for example, an arm that can be lowered to provide more torque to each twist, effectively around 76Nm that matches a 1982 Volkswagen Polo. You don’t have to stress your wrist, either, because you can use your own weight to drive the tool rather than forcing your wrist. You can even drill a hole into wood because its magnetic, hardened chuck can fit any standard 1/4 hex drive bits, including those used for drilling.

Beyond its obvious utility, the MetMo Driver also has another role for those times when you need to let your mind wander a bit by keeping your hands busy. The brass trigger that can alternate the direction of the ratchet mechanism with a simple flick also functions as a fidget toy. Even the simple back and forth twisting motion that is accompanied by a satisfying clicking sound can help you get lost in your thoughts and possibly lead to a “Eureka!” moment. All the more reason to keep this tool always at hand, be it on your desk or even in your bag. It probably helps that it looks almost like a mini lightsaber, another tool that is often associated with a familiar and almost hypnotizing whooshing sound.

Beautifully complex yet simply powerful, the MetMo Driver gives a classic tool more than just a facelift. Designed and built to last for generations, this all-metal modern ratchet screwdriver promises to be not only a talented work partner but also a relaxing fidget toy that will have you mindlessly flicking and twisting for minutes or even hours, perhaps thinking of the next project where you’ll be using it to great satisfaction.

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A compass and ruler hybrid concept is the perfect upgrade for designers

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Just because you can’t draw a perfect circle doesn’t mean your paper needs to be filled with holes.

No one can actually draw a perfect circle, at least not without tools. Sure, there might be exceptions that come once in a lifetime, but most designers, artists, architects, and engineers have to contend with less than perfect circles or, if necessary, tools that let you draw perfect ones. The compass, not to be confused with the navigation tool, is the most-used tool for that purpose, but it is also the worst one because of how it damages the material underneath. There have been a few attempts at redesigning this centuries-old drafting tool, and one of the latest extends an existing product with an ingenious feature that really changes the game even more.

Designer: Ilya Evtushenko

Not too long ago, a budding startup sought to do what very few in multiple disciplines even bothered to think about. The venerable compass has been around for centuries, but it was still the go-to solution for drawing circles, even if that meant putting holes in your paper. The Rotio was born out of the need to protect paper and other materials while still offering the flexibility and convenience of a compass.

Instead of a pin that will puncture a hole on a sheet of paper, Rotio has an “eye” that lets you see the center of the circle you want to draw. You simply press down on it to secure it on the paper, fit the tip of the pen or pencil into one of its holes, and then swivel away to your perfect circle. The minimalist metal design of the Rotio also ensured that it would outlive the often flimsy compasses produced for mass consumption.

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This concept builds on the foundation that Rotio laid with a feature that is critical for engineers, architects, and industrial designers. These often need more than just the ability to draw perfect circles, they also need to be able to draw precise circles based on a certain measurement. The Rotio offered only fixed holes with very few markings, which is why this version uses a slider instead.

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The body of the compass, which has been changed to a stadium shape, now has ticks marking different distances, just like a ruler. The biggest change, however, is the slider that will let you adjust where your pen goes, which, in turn, determines the diameter of the circle. You don’t have to settle for fixed points and even draw sizes in between those marks.

The concept even upgrades the materials that would be used for such a compass, giving it a spring-loaded brass button for its centering and similar materials for the slider and its knob. It is presumably still made of metal to help prolong the life and usefulness of the tool, not to mention making it more sustainable when it does reach the end of its days.

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Rider RX flashlight is an excellent gift idea for EDC lovers and fidgeters

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Most don’t appreciate the importance of an emergency flashlight until they can’t find one when they need it, so this stylish flashlight makes it easy and fun to have it wherever you go.

Everyone needs a flashlight for almost any situation, from emergency blackouts to looking for lost things under the bed. Just like the batteries that power them, we often find ourselves with flashlights with not enough juice or, worse, no batteries inside them. Having to scramble for the right battery in an emergency just adds to the stress you’re already feeling. Thankfully, Acebeam’s Rider RX tries to cut down on that by delivering a flashlight that not only works with almost any type of battery, it also helps relieve stress by giving your fingers something to play with.

Designer: Acebeam

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Some flashlights work with typical alkaline batteries. Others use rechargeable NiMH batteries. Still, others use the same kind of lithium-ion type that smartphones use. The Rider RX embraces them all so you can grab whatever’s readily available, which is often an AA battery, without making compromises. While the included Li-ion battery does offer the brightest output, even an AA battery can deliver a decent brightness so you won’t trip in the dark. The optical lens makes sure that the 219F LED shines a soft and balanced beam instead of blinding your eyes or spreading the light too thin.

The Rider RX flashlight is flexible in more ways than just the battery it uses. Its small size, which is just big enough to fit a single AA battery, makes it extremely portable and convenient to use. The two-way stainless steel clip makes it easy to clip it onto any strap or pocket and in any direction you prefer. The durable stainless steel and titanium outer tube should relieve worries about accidentally dropping the small flashlight, while the variety of color options, which include “Rainbow PVD” and “Sophisto Grey,” make the Rider RX a cool and practical gift or party favor.

But wait, there’s more! The situations when you’d need a flashlight or even need to hold one are often situations with some amount of stress or tension. These are times when we tend to uneasily fidget or grab onto something for our hands and fingers to play with. Fortunately, the Rider RX itself is a fidget toy, and you can slide, push, and twist that clip without fear in order to give your worried mind a distraction.

Rider RX in Titanium.

With its ability to use any type of battery, its portable and lightweight design, and its hidden fidget toy feature, the Acebeam Rider RX EDC AA flashlight is something you’ll want to always have in your bag, emergency kit, glove compartment, and more. Its clean, stylish design, colorful variants, and accessible price tag also make it a great gift for family and friends, especially those who tend to lose things under couches and beds.

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This thin multi-functional wrench fits in your pocket to give you power over any nut or bolt

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There is probably no greater satisfaction than knowing you can loosen or tighten almost anything at any time with that thin steel contraption in your pocket, bringing delight and relief to friends and family.

No one probably fantasizes about being a repairperson, but some might have had dreams of being some secret agent or MacGuyver, able to break free of traps or fix breaking vehicles in the middle of a crisis. In real life, that means having to always carry a toolbox in order to be prepared for those fictional scenarios, but you don’t have to anymore, thanks to advancements in manufacturing as well as some creative thinking. These days, you can have a screwdriver as small or smaller than a pen or, in this case, a spanner that can fit any size of nut or bolt but can still fit in your shirt pocket, always ready for you to whip it out to the amazement of the audience.

Designer: Yu-Hung Cheng

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Pen-sized tools have become possible and are even becoming quite popular these days. A set of tools that once required a large box container could now be reduced to two or three multi-functional tools that can all fit in a pouch or even your pocket. Admittedly, downscaling a wrench is a bit more difficult considering the size of its head and the different sizes it would need to cover, but even that puzzle is no match for some out-of-the-box design thinking.

That’s exactly the proposition that the WRENCHit is making in the form of a handsome, stainless steel tool that looks like an extra thin box cutter. It even shares some visual resemblance with these cutters in how the “blades” inside appear to be segmented. That’s actually not far from the truth, but instead of blades, each segment has a hole that matches a specific wrench size.

The way this rather unorthodox spanner works is similar to a tool pen. You push from one end and have the tool pop out the other, almost like a click pen. The difference is that this action pushes out the next wrench in the sequence, which you then remove from the sleeve and attach to the other end. This is how you cycle through the different wrenches until you get to the one that you need. Once that’s at the top of the head (the exposed part), you can start twisting and turning that nut, using the sleeve as an arm to give you enough torque for the work.

Even while only 4mm thin and weighing only 30g, this innovative spanner is won’t easily bend or break on you, thanks to its SUS420 Stainless Steel body. The sandblasted finish gives it a stylish appearance that is both minimalist and industrial. The Full set we carry in our store includes all ten wrenches, which include spoke and Wing Nut wrenches. There’s even a bottle opener “wrench” so that you can help save the day when no one remembered to bring one to the party.

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This spinning screwdriver uses centrifugal force to make the job easier and more fun

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Just because you’re screwing something doesn’t have to mean you’d be screwed yourself, too, especially not with this handsome screwdriver kit that will let your fingers breathe a sigh of relief.

Screws are one of the most common ways to keep two things together, but they are also notorious for being a pain in the posterior that an expletive was made specifically with screwing in mind. Never mind the wide variety of screws in use today, nor the almost uncanny frequency of not having the right screwdriver for the right job just when you need it. Screwing can sometimes be a literally painstaking chore, especially for your fingers and wrists, but they don’t have to be. The Spinner Drive demonstrates how to do more with less, especially with physics at your service, and how to look fine and spiffy while doing so.

Designer: mininch

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All-in-one screwdriver kits are a dime a dozen these days. Some come with a screwdriver for each time of screw, while others have bits you can swap out for every need. The Spinner Drive Tough Edition Plus that we sell in our shop comes with 20 of these bits to match every single type of screw out there. Each bit is as tough as nails, or screws rather, made from Stainless Steel with Titanium Nitride coating for extra strength.

Precision Drivers. Buttery Smooth Rotation.

The screwdriver itself is a work of minimalist, industrial art. The grooves made by CNC machining give your fingers something better to grip while also preventing the tool from rolling off your workbench. These details alone might already appeal to a lover of minimalist tools, but that’s not all that makes the Spinner Drive special.

Standard. The Good Old Fashioned Way.

Hidden near the top of the screwdriver is a ball bearing that makes twisting the body feel smooth like butter. Resting your index finger on the specially-made dimple on its top lets you hold the screwdriver in a more ergonomic fashion when you need to make fine adjustments. Simply give the Spinner Drive a quick twist to tighten loose screws without straining your fingers.

T-Handle. Maximizing the Torque.

When you need bigger and wider movements, however, you’ll want to slide in the Spinner Wheel. It effectively expands the diameter of the handle, generating more torque with a single spin. The faster you turn, the faster it spins. It easily outclasses a traditional T-Handle screwdriver, especially in terms of comfort of grip, thanks to the grooves on the Spinner Wheel.

The Spinner Drive has you covered even when finger strength is no longer enough. Just as it is easy to remove and attach bits thanks to the use of magnets, it’s also easy to use those same bits with an electric screwdriver by using the removable hexagon bit holder from the barrel. Whether it’s with finger power or with an electric tool, the Spinner Drive has all your screwing needs covered, so you will never have to curse screws ever again.

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Whack-It: A Handle-less Hammer for Hard to Reach Nails

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Because nails often need to be driven in hard-to-reach places at inopportune angles, the Whack-It makes it possible thanks to its compact, handle-less design. Made of solid brass, the Whack-It is available in two sizes (1.5″ x .75″ small and 2″ x 1″ large) and is capable of whacking whatever, whenever.

Currently an already-funded Kickstarter project, small Whack-Its cost $22 and large ones $32, with a combo available for $54. That’s a savings of $0 – what a steal! I just bought a whole bunch of them for stocking stuffers this holiday season. I imagine they’ll be perfect for cracking nuts or threatening a relative that starts talking politics at Christmas dinner.

You can either use your own striking force to hit things by swinging the Whack-It or smacking the back of it with something else (I’m thinking a hammer). My wife just suggested I buy one to knock some sense into myself. I think she was kidding. I take that back; I don’t actually think she was kidding; I only hope she was kidding.

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This laser measuring tool has a simple design that belies its smart features

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Unless you’re the type to constantly buy new furniture or appliances, chances are you don’t need to use a tape measure that often. When the time comes to use one, though, we often find ourselves cursing at how such a simple tool could still be so unrefined in 2022. A staple in any workman’s toolbox, the metal tape measure hasn’t really changed much in decades, not unless you count those advanced laser tools that are also too sophisticated to use. That’s where HOTO’s smart laser measure comes in, offering a tool that promises to be so simple to use that you might not even believe that it’s smart.

Using traditional analog tools like a metal tape measure has its advantages. They’re always ready when you need them, and you don’t have to worry about running out of battery. On the other hand, a tape measure will always be limited in its reach and completely inconvenient in anything other than simple scenarios.

Laser-based measuring tools aren’t new either, but most of them come in rather bulky and, therefore, inconvenient to carry around. In contrast, the HOTO Smart Laser Measure is like a big key fob, easy to drop into your pocket or bag in a pinch. Even better, there’s only one button, so there is no room for confusion on how to use it. A long press starts the measuring process, and another press ends it. And since it uses a laser rather than a physical tape, you can measure something as far as 98ft (30m) away.

The HOTO laser measure has a monochrome OLED screen that almost seems like it’s embedded inside the pocket-sized device. It immediately shows the current measurement as well as the battery level, among other things. And, yes, you do need to charge it through the USB-C port, which means almost any charger or power bank will do.

Despite how simple it is to use, the tool can share its data with a smartphone app in order to make the best out of those measurements. The app lets you draw diagrams and match measurements along the lines or, better yet, take a picture of what you were measuring and then draw the lines over the sides of the object.

Even without the tie-in with a smartphone, the HOTO Smart Laser Measure is already a significant step up from traditional tape measures. Its compact design allows it to be taken anywhere, while its simplicity matches that of its analog counterpart in terms of ease of use. It is, of course, hardly the only laser measuring tool around, but it does demonstrate how even the simplest tool can get better with some thoughtful design and some out-of-the-box thinking.

Designer: HOTO

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Give your DIY + IKEA furniture a longer life using tools that guides users to drill the perfect holes

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Cam & Dowel Jig is a collection of preset jigs and various tools that are designed to help guide users through designing and constructing their own bespoke furniture.

If you didn’t pick up woodworking as a hobby during the quarantine, chances are you at least tried. In a perfect world, we’d have the know-how to pick up some tools, some pieces of wood, and design our living rooms with our own collection of bespoke furniture. Alas, this is no perfect world so we’ll need some shortcuts. Luckily, David Needham of Kingfisher Design Studio has us covered with an intuitive tool kit designed to streamline bespoke, DIY furniture-building projects.

Designer: Kingfisher Design Studio

Dubbed Cam & Dowel Jig, Kingfisher designed the tool kit to help families and young couples build space-saving pieces of furniture that fit their home’s style and available floor space. Without the proper knowledge over where and how to acquire quality timber, the best means for measuring that timber, or even how to slice it, there’s no way we can design and construct our own furniture. That’s where Cam & Dowel Jig steps in.

The different jigs that comprise Cam & Dowel’s tool kit have been designed to streamline the process of constructing specific furniture pieces. For instance, the Shelf Jig keeps a T-shape that indicates accurate hole positions and depths for each piece to come together in the shape of a shelf. Describing the preset nature of each jig, the designers at Kingfisher note, “Numbered hole positions on the jig correspond to the relevant drill bit, ensuring precise hole positions are achieved for the supplied cam and dowel hardware.”

Comprised of a tool kit that has everything one might need to measure, cut, and create furniture out of timber, the Cam & Dowel Jig guides users through a step-by-step, furniture-building process. The jigs that are included in Cam & Dowel’s tool kit cater to spring-loaded construction, providing “accurate drilling guidance and precise hole positions.” The tools that are included in the kit are also familiar so users of varying competencies will feel prepared when constructing their bespoke furniture.

Cam & Dowel Jig comes with all the hardware, tools, and jigs for proper furniture building. 

The holes created by the preset jigs make connecting pieces of wood a lot easier. 

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