Blue Spruce Toolworks Plant Tour!

[@BatCaveCreations]

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[@Vancleave79]

It’s crazy that the Blue Spruce factory uses Wood is Good mallets!

[@robbybrumfield2449]

I saw that and thought the same thing lol

[@colinlye280]

Cringe

[@BatCaveCreations]

hahaha shhh you weren't supposed to see that!

[@SaintFredrocks]

I do too. Good mallets.

[@AGoogleUser-h2r]

Blue Spruce Tool Works. They make quality Tools and to support American Workers🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@timoe2469]

Thank you Jamie for your contribution to giving national producers the value and appreciation that they deserve ❤

[@BatCaveCreations]

Thank you!!

[@GrantHendrick]

Great tour!

[@BatCaveCreations]

Thank you!!

[@PaoYong]

This video and the Lie Nielsen one really makes the prices justified. The amount of quality control they do is pretty nuts

[@BatCaveCreations]

I agree, same with the Veritas tour as well. Seeing these plants in person really opened my eyes to the level of care, machining, and everything thay goes into our tools

[@ericrichter7933]

Thanks for doing these tours for we who can’t! It’s so great

[@BatCaveCreations]

Thank you! It was a blast! still a little surreal lol so was the Lee Valley one it hasn't sunk in yet either hahahah

[@corwind3888]

Cool! Makes me wish I needed a new tool or two... Heh. Thanks for showing us around. 👍👍

[@carlogle6207]

Wow, i was not expecting such a small operation. Makes me appreciate the brand a little more. Very cool vid. Thanks!

[@BatCaveCreations]

SAME! I thought it was going to be like rows and rows of cncs!

[@colinlye280]

Well done Jamie.

[@BatCaveCreations]

Thank you!!!

[@BobAmarant]

Wow. Very cool they let you do this video. Nice work!

[@BatCaveCreations]

Thank you!! And yes I am still in disbelief it happened haha

[@MrSeminole77]

Very happy I got a Jared Greene saw before Blue Spruce. Great saws!

[@jimrosson6702]

Wow Jamie very cool video and the WoodPecker video also amazing too see how the tools are made. Thanks for sharing

[@BatCaveCreations]

Thank you!!+

[@MCsCreations]

Pretty impressive process indeed, dude! Thanks for sharing! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@BatCaveCreations]

Thank you! and I think I did say "impressive" too many time hahaha

[@skippylippy547]

VERY fun video! I've always been curious about those high-end tool manufacturers and how they are made. Interesting how much hands-on work is still done. I never would have imagined that. Of course I'd love to use Blue Spruce tools. But it's way out of my budget.

[@BatCaveCreations]

Trust me I gotta save up for em! Even sell some of my older tools to get theirs haha

[@blayne2029]

awesome vid. i gotta get me something by Blue Spruce!

[@BatCaveCreations]

im obsessed.... you are going to see my shop explode in Blue Spruce and Veritas.. maybe even woodpeckers when I can afford it hahaha

[@Shannon-v3r]

Dude, how cool is this!? I’m quickly feeling the need to get more into hand tools and every morning I get emails for this company and others . Can’t really afford to dump money into as I did last year as I was starting out. As I’m growing in this whole thing, the hand tools aren’t nearly as intimidating as they were even 6 months ago. I can’t wait to grow my skills in hand tools. It’ll happen. Wood working saved my life and to me it’s a great investment

[@BatCaveCreations]

100% a great investment! It has too many benefits to us as humans not to invest in the hobby. Any hobby really we just picked woodworking. which is rather expensive, but I go back to my original point. it's worth it! hahha Make sure you check out Plane Wellness when you are ready to learn hand tools!

[@doyalkrishna5656]

One of the most phenomenally awesome and interesting videos I’ve ever seen

[@BatCaveCreations]

Thank you!!!!

[@SaintFredrocks]

I just ordered the 1/8 inch bench chisel today. I can't wait. I was watching one of Rex Kruger's videos where he was describing the differences between socket and ferrule chisels, and I think the Blue Spruce are more like a combination. Typically the ferrule chisels have longer handles and blades than the socket chisels. The BS uses the ferrule, but the blade is shorter and the handle is smaller and where the wood meets the ferrule it even looks like a continuation of the socket on a LN chisel. The BS is balanced more like the socket chisels too. I think it is a great design. Thanks for the original video that made me start buying them: and put me in the poor house.😉😊

[@BatCaveCreations]

you are spot on! They have a very unique design and that is another reason I like them! You can join the poor house with me! SORRY NOT SORRY! :D hahah

[@SaintFredrocks]

@@BatCaveCreations I'd be happy to join a WPa boy in the poor house. I'm not sorry either. A tool addiction costs a lot less than a heroin addiction, AND it feeds the economy. I guess WE are Making America Great Again. Sorry for that, I haven't slept much, so it is easier to amuse myself.

[@BatCaveCreations]

@SaintFredrocks hahahhaha that is halarious!!!! Thank you!!!! Needed that laugh!!

[@bucksbench]

I bought a set of their dovetail chisels. Long wait and expensive freight to Australia but well worth it. Would love to get some more but freight is a killer.

[@BatCaveCreations]

i have heard that! Even just to Canada shipping was like $55 for a buddy of mine!

[@wolfpackpete6408]

I've been watching less woodworking videos recently... has a Blue Spruce vs Cosman IBC showdown been done yet?

[@BatCaveCreations]

I haven't seen one but I did testing on my own. The IBC literally turned to Swiss cheese. The edge didn't hold at all. I had 2 of them. At first I thought it was a bad heat treat but both crumbled the same way. By the end of the testing I was at 30* because I had to sharpen so much and they still did bad. They were next to vintage stanley defiance in my testing :( I was very disappointed because I was really excited to try them out.

[@wolfpackpete6408]

@@BatCaveCreations oh... that is very surprising

[@BatCaveCreations]

@wolfpackpete6408 It was. I'm still working on the final video I compared I think 30 chisels. Summer got crazy so I haven't been able to get to it

[@wolfpackpete6408]

@BatCaveCreations I particularly like your tool vs tool videos, chisels being a favourite of mine. I look forward to seeing this great chisel royal rumble. But don't rush the masterpiece on my account

[@BatCaveCreations]

@wolfpackpete6408 thank you!!! It's next on the list to record. I think 🤔 I haven't been able to get into the shop for almost 1.5 months now. But I'm hoping that changes this weekend!!!

[@Александр_Алексеев]

Why are they stopped to make sliding bevels and squares? :(

[@BatCaveCreations]

I asked the same question! They said because Woodpeckers names them and they were very time consuming in building and assembling :(

[@Александр_Алексеев]

@@BatCaveCreations So no even saws with alu frame? Damnit, i wanted one so much. Thx for the answer.

[@mcrumph]

What did you expect the employees to be like?

[@BatCaveCreations]

McDonalds workers

[@anthonyseiver7000]

Tell me they patted you down when you left in case the odd chisel fell into pocket by accident.

[@BatCaveCreations]

ahhahh shhh they didnt ;)

[@anthonyseiver7000]

@BatCaveCreations They didn't fall into your pocket by accident? Pity. Great tour. Those CNCs must cost a bit both the initial outlay, and the maintenance and consumables.

[@BatCaveCreations]

@@anthonyseiver7000 haha right! And yes those machines were BEASTS and look to be brand new

[@jerichodesignbuild7148]

Jamie, are you located in Ohio?

[@BatCaveCreations]

No I am in PA only about 1 hr maybe 1.5 hrs from the OH boarder tho

[@jerichodesignbuild7148]

@@BatCaveCreations Oh, nice! I'm in NEO so I was just curious.

[@BatCaveCreations]

Ooh where? I have friends in Strongvile and go there a few times a year lately haha

[@jerichodesignbuild7148]

@@BatCaveCreations Down in the Akron/Canton area, but I get up to the Cleveland are fairly often. I've been trying to find the time to get back up to Cleveland to meet up with Rex soon, but things just keep being busy!

[@BatCaveCreations]

I get that for sure! I actually just talked with Rex yesterday about Plane Wellness. He is awesome, learned a lot from him when i was starting out. I will try to let you know when I am headed out that way again! its almost Flea Market Season!!!! lol

[@klausschleicher523]

The tools from Blue Spruce are looking great and the reviews I have seen were great. So I decided to order two chisels to test their products by myself. But at the check the calculated shipping const to Germany of 90$. Hey, that would be nearly a third chisel. This is the same bs as with Woodpeckers (I wonder why ;-) ) I have ordered some things from different companies in the USA and none had such high shipping costs. For me it looks like these two companies want to make extra dollars with customers from countries outside North America. This is sad and I have unsubscribed from their newsletters. Please, don't get me wrong I would like to buy from such companies, but I be treated in a fair way.

[@BatCaveCreations]

Ooh wow that is high shipping. Did you try calling? Their customer service is awesome maybe it's an error?

[@klausschleicher523]

Jamie, thanks for your answer. No I have not called them. Maybe that's a problem with my German attitude ;-) What I have done: Compared them to Woodpeckers, who have the exact amount of shipping costs. @@BatCaveCreations

[@BatCaveCreations]

@klausschleicher523 haha I get you! I don't like calling either but its worth it for these tools cus that does sound like crazy high shipping :/

[@klausschleicher523]

@@BatCaveCreations ;-) I think I will write an email. A call to the USA from Germany with my provider costs 1.60$ / Minute. ;-) I'm still interested in the chisels from Blue Spruce Toolworks. Maybe they are willing to adjust the shipping costs.

[@BatCaveCreations]

@klausschleicher523 ah good point! I forgot about international call costs :( I love their chisels! Comfortable and hold a really good edge. It's one of those just strop and get back to work chisels vs hitting the stones

[@1pcfred]

Making those plates one at a time is pretty time consuming.

[@BatCaveCreations]

100% it is! I am excited for when they can make more at a time!

[@1pcfred]

@@BatCaveCreations I guess. They're right in that high end price range of three hundred dollars. So if their saws really are better than everyone else's they'd get more of that market. But if not then they'd just have more inventory.

[@BatCaveCreations]

@@1pcfred true.. I wonder if increased production would mean cheeper cost? Time will tell! Haha

[@1pcfred]

@@BatCaveCreations if you look at all the saws out there I'd say they're broken down into 3 price categories. There's the cheapest, the middle and the top. Blue Spruce is already right on the nose for what top end saws cost. $300 is the target price. There's no way they're going to make it into that middle tier. Which is around $100. You can entice those folks to maybe go up to $150 but that's it. They're not going to meet you any further than that. I don't see improving one op moving the needle that much on the product. So at that point you're just leaving profit in the table. You're not increasing your customer base any. The top end customers are not value conscious. A couple bucks isn't influencing their decision. The company might as well just take it from them.