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  • Trim Router
    Easily held with one hand, this tool is helpful for cutting joinery and creating decorative profiles. Perfect for small alterations, it leaves no sharp edges behind.
  • Combination Square
    Essential for enhancing accuracy and precision. The sliding ruler and head with bubble level make checking angles, laying out dimensions and mapping straight lines easy.
  • Chisels
    With a mallet or by hand, these im- portant tools shape wood through persistence and skill. They are used for carving, engraving, sculpting and fine detail work.
  • Hand Planes
    Versatile tools for finishing surfaces and removing material quickly for a clean pro- file. During custom jobs, these can reduce thickness down to the perfect fit.

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