ASSIGNMENT

          WHEREAS, I, Matthew B. Jore a citizen of the United States of America,
and residing at Ronan, Montana, hereinafter referred to as the Inventor, have
invented certain new and useful improvements in a


                          "SCREW HOLDING AND DRIVING DEVICE"

for which an application for Letters Patent of the United States was filed on
December 13, 1985, receiving the Serial No. 06/808,738.

          NOW, THEREFORE, to all whom it may concern, as of January 1, 1999, be
it known that the Inventor, for and in consideration of the sum of $1.00 (one
dollar) and other valuable considerations in hand paid to the Inventor by Jore
Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Montana,
having a place of business at 45000 Highway 93 South, Ronan, Montana 59864,
hereinafter referred to as the Assignee, the receipt of all of which
considerations is hereby acknowledged, hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
the Assignee, its successors and assigns, the entire right, title and interest
in and to said application, all the claimable subject matter thereof, any United
States letters patent granted thereon or for said subject matter or any part of
it, and any division, continuation, continuation-in-part, extension or re-issue
of said application or of any such letters patent, together with all rights to
obtain letters patent for said subject matter or any part of it in countries
foreign to the United States and the entire interest in




such foreign letters patent, including, but not limited to the following:

a)   United States Patent No. 4,736,658, issued on April 12, 1988.

     AND, the Inventor hereby covenants with the Assignee, its successors and
assigns:

          (1)  That the Inventor will communicate to it or them all facts known
to the Inventor pertaining to said subject matter and will, whenever requested
by it or them, give any and all lawful testimony and execute any and all patent
applications, assignments or other documents that may be deemed by it or them
necessary or desirable in order to obtain, maintain or enforce letters patent
for said subject matter or any part of it in the United States or in any country
foreign to the United States, or in order to vest title to any such application
or letters patent in the Assignee or its successors, assigns or nominees; and

          (2)  That the Inventor has the full right to convey the rights and
property herein assigned and has made no subsisting license, assignment or other
conveyance of right in or of the same to any person or party other than
Assignee.

Signed at Ronan, MT
this 12th day of April, 1999                     /s/ Matthew B. Jore
                                                  -------------------------
                                                  Matthew B. Jore

STATE OF MONTANA    )
                    )
COUNTY OF Lake      )

          On this 12th day of April, 1999, before me personally appeared to me
known and known to me to be the person described in and who executed the
foregoing instrument, who duly acknowledged the same to be his free act and
deed.

SEAL

                                        /s/ Stephanie A. McClure
                                        ---------------------------------
                                        Notary Public or U.S. Vice-Consul

                                        Residing at: Ronan, MT
                                        Commission Expires: September 2002