BUILD 001FILM · NO SOUND
SlabLift
Twelve graded slabs that climb out in a staircase when you press the lever.
See it in the shop ↗FROM
Years of moving other people's boxes
TO
My own benchNewman Lake, WA 99025
UNCORRUGATED
The workshop behind Gauge & Gear
Every piece starts as a sketch at the kitchen table. Watch them come together, from the first pencil line to the box at your door.
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The Uncorrugated trailer. Turn the sound on for the music.
From idea to your door
Track a piece.
Every piece from the workshop makes the same five stops before it ships.
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STOP 01 OF 05
Sketched
Kitchen table · Newman Lake, WA
Pencil, paper and a real card for scale. Most ideas stop here. The good ones get a second page.
STOP 02 OF 05
Designed
Design desk
Drawn up on the computer to a tenth of a millimetre, so a top loader slides in with no wiggle and no force.
STOP 03 OF 05
Test fit
Test bench
Test pieces and fit checks with real cards, real loaders and real slabs, until the fit feels right in the hand.
STOP 04 OF 05
Your colors
Finishing
Made to order in the colors you pick, then checked once more before it goes in the box.
STOP 05 OF 05
Out the door
Newman Lake, WA
Packed by hand and shipped from Newman Lake, Washington, straight to your door.
Watch the builds
Straight from the bench.
See how each piece goes together, from the first part to the finished box. Press play to watch the whole film.
BUILD 002FILM · NO SOUND
Top Loader Book
Six top loaders fan out of a pocket-size book that stands on its own kickstand.
See it in the shop ↗BUILD 003ON THE BENCH
YOU PICK IT ↓What's next?
Three designs are drawn up and waiting. Vote below for the one you want to see built next.
Build 003 · you pick
What should we build next?
Three designs are drawn up and waiting. Pick the one you want to see go from sketch to box next. One vote each, no account needed, and you can change it until the build starts.
OPTION A
Lit Window
A deck box with a light ring around the window, so the card on top glows on the shelf. USB-C powered.
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OPTION B
Rail-Stack
Deck boxes that slide onto each other on rails and latch together, so a whole collection carries as one.
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OPTION C
Prize Wheel
A spinning wheel of twelve top loaders for shows and streams that folds flat to carry.
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Vote to see how the others voted.
Follow along
New builds most weeks.
Short clips of the sketches, the test pieces and the finished boxes.
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Keep the bench busy.
Tips pay for materials and test pieces, so new designs keep coming. Ko-fi handles the payment, and every tip shows up in the Ledger.
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A one-off thank-you for a build you liked. It goes straight into materials for the next one.
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Where the pieces live.
Every state a piece ships to gets inked on the map. Send a photo of yours on the shelf and it goes up on the wall.
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Every piece here is for sale at Gauge & Gear.
Card holders, deck boxes, the SlabLift, the Top Loader Book, gauges and wall art. Made to order in your colors in Newman Lake, Washington.