Est. 2019 · Jigs and hand tools
About RUITOOL
It began with one pull saw
RUITOOL started in 2019 with a single tool: a ten inch ryoba saw. We cut with it on our own bench for months before it went on sale. The tooth pattern changed twice. So did the handle. When the saw tracked a line without being steered, we called it done.
The six inch saw came next, for flush cuts and small joints. Then the marking knife, since a good saw deserves a good line to follow. Each new tool answered a problem we had met ourselves while building something.
Where it started
RUITOOL saws and knives
At the bench
Jigs born from a kitchen hung alone
Our first cabinet jig came out of a kitchen refit. One person, twenty doors, and no one to hold them. A shim under each door worked badly. A clamp with a ledge and a threaded post worked well, and that became the door mounting jig.
The hinge jig, the shelf pin jigs and the drawer slide jig followed the same path. We build the cabinet, find the step that needs three hands, and make a tool that turns it into a two-hand job.
What separates us
Standards set at the bench, not on paper
A jig is only as good as its fit. So every RUITOOL page states what the tool fits and what it does not, in inches and in millimeters.
Fit before features
A door jig says face frame or frameless, and the clamping range in both units. A hinge jig names the cup size and the edge margins. You know if it fits before you buy.
Steel by its name
We name the steel: SK5 in the saws, high-carbon in the knives, 65Mn in the spokeshave, chrome vanadium in the nippers. Where the hardness is known, it is on the page as a number.
Limits in plain words
Every tool has a job it does badly. The frameless jig will not grip a face frame. The nippers will not cut metal. We write that down next to the price.
The range
28 tools. One standard.
The RUITOOL range has grown from the saw to six benches. Cabinet jigs are the largest group. Hand saws and marking tools are the oldest. Saw guides and drill jigs keep power tools straight. Woodturning tools serve the lathe. Model nippers belong to a smaller bench, where the work is a plastic kit and the cut is a millimeter wide.
Our promise
Clear facts. Fair price. Every tool.
Sizes you can check
Clamping ranges, hole spacing, blade length and tooth count are on every page. Measure your work against them.
Prices with a date
We update prices on a schedule and print the date. The price at checkout is the one that counts.
Reviews as written
Buyer reviews appear word for word, and the critical ones stay. A low score is shown as a number, like a high one.