Here's
a quick post in praise of 1-2-3 blocks. They come in pairs, they're
quite affordable, and I think you should at least know about them.
Most woodworkers haven't heard of them, most woodworkers don't have
them. They come from the machine shop, but why should those guys have
all the cool precision stuff to themselves? Other items that
woodworkers have lifted from the machine shop include the combination
square, the engineer's square, the dial indicator (for setting up
table saws and planers), the dial caliper (for measuring thickness)
and the precision straightedge (used both to check machine tables and
the straightness of wood workpieces). This is another machine shop
item we should be thinking about borrowing.
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