INNOVATIVE AND EASY-TO-USE
E•Z ProTM MORTISE & TENON JIG

(New York, NY) Known among woodworkers as the “King of Joints,” the mortise & tenon joint is still extensively used even after 4,000 years. History offers examples of this joint in ancient Egyptian, European and Chinese construction. But until now, no one has figured out a way to provide a quick and easy, all-in-one solution to cut both a matching mortise and tenon with a single inexpensive jig suitable for both the professional and the DIYer.

General Tools & Instruments is proud to announce its latest innovation in its series of affordable, easy-to-use wood-joining jigs, the E•Z ProTM Mortise & Tenon Jig (Model 870) (Patent Pending). This new jig will be debuted at the International Woodworking Fair, August 25- 28, 2010 at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA. The Mortise & Tenon Jig is the latest entry in General’s line of innovative, user friendly, E•Z ProTM wood joining jigs. The line also includes the Dovetail jig, the Pocket Hole Jig, and the Doweling Jig.

The E•Z ProTM Mortise & Tenon Jig comes completely assembled and ready to use right out-of-the-box to produce the widely used 1/4" mortise and tenon joint. An optional kit is available containing inserts, bits and collars for producing 3/8" and 1/2" joints. Using a plunge router with the jig, woodworkers can quickly and easily cut fully aligned mortises and tenons ranging from1/4" to 1/2" inch thick and from 1 to 3 inches wide. The unit can easily handle stock ranging from 1/2" to 1½" inches thick and can cut multiple mortises in a single long piece. The unit can be mounted directly on a workbench or onto a board that can be clamped in a vise or to a bench.

The complete E•Z Pro Mortise & Tenon Jig includes the following: the ruggedly constructed, solid T6 Aircraft grade, hardened aluminum jig featuring a convenient thumb-screw arrangement for mounting your work, sliding templates to adjust the length of the joint and a novel “swing-arm” feature for centering and aligning your cuts; a quick-change guide-sleeve assembly with a 1/4" sleeve that mounts on your router and allows you to cut 1/4"  joints; a wrench for the guide sleeve; a centering pin and a 1/4" up-cut spiral carbide bit. In other words—the kit has everything you need to start cutting 1/4" mortise & tenon joints. Professional woodworkers and hobbyists will both appreciate the simplicity and convenience of The Mortise & Tenon Jig and in no time, you’ll be making joints for cabinets, furniture and frames. 

About General Tools & Instruments Company

Headquartered in New York City for nearly 90 years, General Tools & Instruments is the leader in precision specialty hand tools and instruments. Its recent product developments and corporate acquisitions have expanded General’s woodworking product line to include a full array of wood joining jigs and accessories. General’s woodworking products are widely used by professionals and DIYers alike in the woodworking industry.

CONTACTS:

For additional product information and photographs, contact Vince Cavaseno, SpaceAge Media Communications, 617-232-2000, vince@spaceage-media.com or Peter Harper, VP Strategic Marketing, General Tools & Instruments, 212-431-6100 x267, p.harper@generaltools.com.

General Launches Complete Line of Precision Wood Joining Jigs

(New York, NY)Cost-effective, precision wood joining featuring professional level Dovetail joints, Box joints, Pocket Hole joints, Dowel joints and now Mortise and Tenon joints is now available to all woodworkers. Big, expensive and complex joining set-ups are no longer needed with General Tools & Instruments’ new, easy-to-use jigs which, with the addition of a router or a drill, enable the user to produce professional joints right-out-of-the-box.

General has combined its E•Z Pro line of wood joining jigs with an extensive offering of wood joining accessories, into a powerful point of sale display and sales program known as the E•Z Pro Precision Wood Joining Center. Designed for Home Centers, Hardware Stores and Woodworker’s Supply Outlets, General’s E•Z Pro Precision Wood Joining Center includes an attractive display designed for easy product selection that neatly presents the company’s extensive line of joining jigs and accessories. General will introduce this exciting new program at the International Woodworking Fair, August 25-28, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

The program includes the following jigs:
The E•Z Pro Mortise & Tenon JigThe newest addition to the EZ Pro line, this kit provides a quick and easy, all-in-one solution to cutting a matching mortise and tenon with a single inexpensive jig. Using a plunge router with the jig, woodworkers can quickly and easily cut both mortises and tenons ranging from 1/4 to 1/2" thick and from 1 to 3" wide. General will introduce a production model at IWF.

The E•Z Pro Dovetail Jig This kit is General’s answer to easily producing strong, precise dovetail joints quickly and easily. Produce half-blind or through dovetail joints or box joints using only your router. The DOVEtailer is perfect for furniture building, cabinet making and other professional carpentry projects.

The E•Z Pro Pocket Hole JigThis award-winning jig kit is the ideal tool for quickly producing sturdy, attractive pocket hole joints in a variety of applications, including leg and rail joints, table and leg joints, cabinet construction or picture frames.

The E•Z Pro Doweling Jig For clean joints that need to be strong and fastener-free, there’s almost no substitute for the dowel joint. This kit offers a simple, versatile way to produce precision edge-to-edge, right angle, or edge-to-surface joints.

The E•Z Pro Jointer Clamp General provides a simple alternative to expensive jointers. With this easy-to-use kit, woodworkers can straight-line rip crooked boards using just a table saw with a rip fence.

The E•Z Pro Precision Wood Joining Center sales program and display also includes a full line of wood joining and joint finishing accessories. These include Doweling Accessory Kits containing dowels, drill bits, stops, and dowel centers available individually for 1/4", 5/16" or 3/8" doweling projects or as a kit with all three sizes. Also available are Dowel Pins in a variety of sizes and packaged in bulk quantities as well as Pocket Hole Screws available in both coarse and fine threads. The program also includes Wood Finishing Plugs to give your project a professionally finished look. General provides a broad range of flat head, round head, button and pocket hole plugs available in Birch and Oak.

To learn more about the E•Z Pro Precision Wood Joining Center and other woodworking tools, please visit General at Booth #1324 at IWF 2010, on-line at www.generaltools.com, or call Customer Support at 1-800-697-8665.

About General Tools & Instruments Company

Headquartered in New York City for nearly 90 years, General Tools & Instruments is the leader in precision specialty hand tools and instruments. Its recent product developments and corporate acquisitions have expanded General’s woodworking product line to include a full array of wood joining jigs and accessories. General’s woodworking products are widely used by professionals and DIYers alike in the woodworking industry.

CONTACTS:

For additional product information and photographs, contact Vince Cavaseno, SpaceAge Media Communications, 617-232-2000, vince@spaceage-media.com or Peter Harper, VP Strategic Marketing, General Tools & Instruments, 212-431-6100 x267, p.harper@generaltools.com.

Here's a video of Billy Carmen from Product News Channel reviewing the DCS400 Wireless Video Borescope from General Tools & Instruments.

At the National Hardware Show this past month, General Tools was hard at work promoting the many new additions to our Specialty Tools and Test Instrumentation product lines.  We were featured on a number of live broadcasts, including At Home with Gary Sullivan, The Money Pit, Popular Science, Mr Gadget and Home Live.  Here's a few pictures from the event.

 

Chris Edwards and Peter Harper on "At Home with Gary Sullivan"

Peter Harper on "Home Live"

Chris Edwards and Peter Harper on "The Money Pit". Listen Here (3.87 mb)

Joe Ennis and Gerry Weinstein with "Mr Gadget"

Peter Harper speaking with "Popular Science". Listen Here (5.02 mb)

The Society for Industrial Archeology is calling for nominations for its annual General Tools Award for Distinguished Service to Industrial Archeology. The General Tools Award is the highest honor the SIA can bestow. The award recognizes individuals who have given sustained, distinguished service to the cause of industrial archeology and is presented at the SIA’s annual business meeting.

Criteria for selection are as follows: (1) The recipient must have given noteworthy, beyond-the-call-of-duty service, over an extended period of time, to the cause of industrial archeology. (2) The type of service for which the recipient is recognized is unspecified, but must be for other than academic publication. (3) It is desirable but not required that the recipient be, or previously have been, a member of the SIA. (4) The award may be made only to living individuals. Teams, groups, agencies, firms, or any other collective entities are not eligible.

The nomination, which should not exceed three doublespaced typed pages, should address the specific accomplishments that qualify the nominee for the award.

Supplementary material (the candidate’s resume, for example) may be appended to the nomination. Nominations must also include the name, address, telephone number(s), and e-mail of the nominator. Any SIA member in good standing may make a nomination.

For more information, please visit the SIA website.