Special Tools for Makers Designed by A Maker
The SqWAYre Tools line is growing fast! Have a look around and come back soon to see new custom tools and guitar making tools!
We went on vacation...
... and I wanted to keep making.
On a 2016 week-long trip to a cottage by the sea, I packed a small toolbox so my son and I could make stuff from driftwood. As I grabbed a chisel, rasp and knife, it occured to me it would be nice to have an awl, a ruler, a scraper, a square - yikes! Too much stuff to pack. So I fashioned this basic multitool out of a piece of scrap steel, brought it to the beach and an idea was born.
The SqWAYre found itself to be quite useful, in my hands, but was I the only one who would want it? I made 100 of them and offered them up to my maker friends. they sold out in 24 hours!
With the help of this first focus group's insights, I redisigned it a little and the SqWAYre is still selling today.
This has encouraged me to pursue inventing other special tools and guitar making tool. I have and make them all available only here, under the banner "SqWAYre Tools."
You won't find these tools in any of the other big evil-adjacent retail venues. You can only legitimately get my tools here. This might not be the best business model, but it's just better that way, for everyone. Y'know?
Questions, comments or concerns about my guitar making tools r tools and other special tools?
SqWAYre Tools
Meriden CT
My Other Side Hustle
New Perspectives Music
My main gig is making custom guitars from reclaimed and locally sourced materials. I design these special tools as I find the need for them in my own work.