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John Economaki from Bridge City Tools is in our shop today before he demonstrates his new Jointmaker Pro saw to about 60 of our readers. As we were setting up the saw we took a few test cuts.

The walnut above is so smooth it’s hard to describe. It reflects light. The scratches indicate one stroke with the saw. There is no roughness to the end grain at all. All I could say was, “Wow.”

Here are two more photos. First the joint together:

Then the joint apart:

Here’s the best part: These are coffee stirring sticks from the Starbucks we stopped at on the way back to the office after a Japanese lunch (yum). And, by the by, these joints were cut by eye , no measuring.

We’ll have more photos tomorrow, I’m sure.

– Christopher Schwarz


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  • Karson Morrison

    Yah, but we don’t have a Starbucks close. So I won’t be able to get the raw materials.

  • Shannon

    I think I see the next Lumberjock challenge sponsored by Popular Woodworking: Build off using nothing but coffee stirring sticks!

  • Jason

    Coffee stirring sticks! When I first saw the image, my thought was the cut was pretty rough… That’s incredible!

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