The L.S. Starrett Company is one of the oldest and most respected manufacturers of precision tools in the world. Known simply as Starrett, the company has played a pivotal role in shaping modern machining, metalworking, and metrology through its high-quality measuring tools, saw blades, and machine shop equipment.
Located in Orland, California, and founded around 2011. Owner and artisan Brent Bailey crafts heavy-use hand tools—particularly hammers and axes—by hand, combining functionality with beautiful design.
Brent Bailey Forge exemplifies artisan blacksmithing: handcrafted, performance-driven tools that double as works of functional art. He blends traditional methods with distinctive design and exceptional craftsmanship, earning admiration from professionals and hobbyists alike.
How Precision Engineers Created The Modern World
“We were just about to sit down to dinner when my father, a conspiratorial twinkle in his eye, said that he had something to show me. He opened his briefcase and from it drew a large and evidently very heavy wooden box.
Lie-Nielsen chisels are based on the discontinued Stanley 750 bevel edge socket chisels. The bevel is flat ground at 30 degrees, the face/back is ground flat the length of the blade. A higher secondary bevel (5 degrees or more) is usually added to the cutting edge of the 30, depending on wood and use.
Starrett adjustable parallel blocks.
Shellac
Shellac puts the finishing touch on small craft and woodworking projects.
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Installing the crankcase nut on a 1978 Toyota FJ40 Landcruiser. Please excuse the welds.
EOSR/LEI adapter M39 lenses to Canon EOS-R camera
Canon R5 with adapted lens.
