I received the latest newsletter from Lie-Nielsen last night and they have a couple new tools that just came out.  They aren’t new flashy planes but a couple of tools that are hard if not impossible to find these days.

The first is a set Drawer Lock Chisels.  These are very specialized chisels that I haven’t seen for sale, except for antique ones.  There is a nice video on YouTube that shows how they are used.  Now I just need a project to justify buy this new tool!

The other new tool is a pair of Drawbore Pins.  Again an almost impossible tool to find these days.  I have used the Drawbore technique on a couple of my projects.  This technique makes an incredibly tight and strong joint.  Because I couldn’t buy any Drawbore Pins at the time, except for expensive antiques, I had to make mine.  I followed an article Christopher Schwarz wrote on the subject.  You can see the blog I wrote on making my pins over on Lumber Jocks.

After just posting the news about Lie-Nielsen working on some new hammers, I received a newsletter from Lie-Nielsen.  They are now selling a new Panel Gauge.  This is another tool I’ve been in the market for.  I think it might be a late Christmas present for me.  They have a few other new tools and DVDs, so check out their What’s New.

For those of you that don’t follow the Lost Art Press blog, Christopher Schwarz just wrote about some new Warrington hammers Lie-Nielsen will be producing.  Have a look at Chris’s post, it’s exciting news.  I’ve been looking for some quality hammers, and I haven’t had the best luck finding them.  On eBay, most are in pretty sad shape, and the nice ones are typically over priced.  I love that toolmakers are continually coming out with new tools.  Hand tool users are living in a very exciting time.