The E.F. Boerder Company was founded by Eugene F. Boerder and his son, Larry E. Boerder in 1990. Both registered architects and avid, longtime woodworkers, Eugene and Larry sought to invent a precise, yet non-technological measurement tool which fulfilled a gap they saw in the professional and amateur woodworking and craft markets. Since then, the company has been taken over by Larry’s children Andrew Boerder and Natalie Hamilton-Eddy.

Their first product, the Gauge-It™ Thickness Gauge, was introduced in 1990. Since then, hundreds of thousands of Thickness Gauges have sold worldwide. Soon after the introduction of the Thickness Gauge, E.F. Boerder introduced the Gauge-It™ Saw Gauge, which has also sold well over a hundred thousand units worldwide.

The company is committed to providing highly accurate, durable, and reliable workshop tools. As such, all Gauge-It products are manufactured and assembled in the USA and constructed of the finest, most durable materials.