OMG you actually --went-- to Silvo? Walked in the door?
   Thats like a fantasy to me.
Don't you want to tell a little more about the experience?
How did it look? How big was it?

     I was pouring over their catalogs at the same time.
I let the #59 dowel jig that I bought from Silvo go. But I kept the 
bushings!
The jigs are easy to get and by the 70's when we bought ours they were 
aluminum.
The old heavy cast iron #59 jigs are dirt cheap, but always missing 
drill bushings.
(has anyone ever done a 59 timeline? They changed logos over time)

   I have used mine 1000 times. For a little while I had a strong local 
reputation as a screen door maker. Made some pretty nice ones, but 
nobody was going to pay me to chop mortises by hand out here in the sticks.

I got dowel augers from Silvo too, they were for sale then right 
alongside regular auger bits and 2 bucks apiece.

Do you know a Stanley #59 dowel jig fits into a standard classic recipe 
card box, just like a glove?
hahah
     try it, it does.

So tell me, how many long crank neck, boxwood handled paring chisels did 
you get?
They were there.

Hope I got to see some pix of Meems holding class!!
    yours Scott

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