Bridge City Toolworks

Botch

This was a place in Oregon that made very nice, brass/steel/rosewood woodworking tools, of which I own about ten or so. They went out of business decades ago, but searching the intranetz I learned that it was sold in 2018 to a chinese company, and the owner/designer went into retirement (Ekonomaki).  
 
Well, this showed up on my farcebook:
https://www.gestuare.com/products/%F0%9F%94%A5hp-12-dual-angle-benchplane-by-bridge-city-toolworks?st&utm_source=23850194092590195&utm_medium=Handmade&utm_campaign=Facebook_Desktop_Feed&utm_content=02&fbclid=IwAR2GomjwnClTmP_2BGbJTv6jNyxx2_DanWU0dOn8ZaxQA802lI_IcZU6LQk
 

 
Looks like a Bridge City design, but not the price:  $79.99??  I've paid that much for a damn scratch awl.  Thats what prompted my search.  The "Gestuare" company answered a few posts on facebook, and keep insisting the tools are made in the US, so I'm thinking its some kind of fly-by-night operation, so I'll bypass this one, because I-don't-need-any-more-tools I-don't-need-any-more-tools I-don't-need-any-more-tools I-don't-need-any-more-tools I-don't-need-any-more-tools I-don't-need-any-more-tools I-don't-need-any-more-tools I-don't-need-any-more-tools I-don't-need-any-more-tools!  (nice-looking piece, though)  

Botch

Okay, I went to Lee Valley's website, they carried BC, and it looks like they are still in business.  Some of the tools were a bit more reasonably-priced, but the above plane was listed for $1,160, not $79 (and only available in Canada), so the above site is bogus.  
I did see a BC "chopstick-making jig" for $280, and I vaguely remember seeing that before, so my memory's going.    

Kayak

Phew! I was just looking at their Multi Tool 1 or 2 for $100. 

Multi Tools MT-1/ MT-2 – Bridge City Tool Works (bridgecitytools.com)

Same company?

Botch

Bob, I'm not even sure anymore.  The logo's the same, and it looked like John Economaki is still running it, so I'm not sure what's going on.  

bubbajack

I may have a couple of their smaller tools.... I will look.

nolaegghead

DAMN YOU, @Botch !!!

I went through their catalog, and now I'm coveting things I didn't know existed previously.  And it reminded me of some things that I need enough I ordered them from Amazon.

Botch

    Hey, you've got all those new cabinets to fill up... 
 
I glanced thru it again and saw that Jointmaker Pro, still couldn't figure out how it worked.  Found this on EweTube, very bizarre tool:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXRyL23CINk 
 
Like the guy in the video, I like working with hand tools and this isn't in my immediate future, but it's quite a unique design.  
I also gained a new life term:  "Gizmocity"  
 
EDIT II:  This video is much shorter and shows a lot more of what it can do (lots of other BC tool pr0n in it, also):
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2owJuaZk5UE

nolaegghead

For dovetails, I just clamp a piece of wood down on my Shaper Origin Workstation and follow the dotted line on the router screen....