Thread: What tool(s) have you been loving lately?

I have been using my CBN wheel and recently received Shapton glass stones to sharpen my chisels, simply stunning results in a few minutes for each chisel! The Incra rules as mentioned and something I bought thinking it was a bit of a gimmick and use all the time a BMI measuring tape, it is so good I bought a second one as well. https://www.gettoolsdirect.com.au/bm...429241020.html

Originally Posted by IanW

Methinks you may have practised a while on a few bits of scrap before committing your nicely-shaped handles to the D.P.?

So there you go, thankyou, Paul, for that tidbit of information. And your 'carving' is even more authentic than we thought!

Cheers,

Ian

I did have the forethought to do a few trial runs first, which was just as well! Like everything, there is a little bit of a knack to it. Also to some extent it is an issue of confidence (and practice).

However, the "stems" were hand carved with a vee shaped tool. The FRG does not respond well to such an imposition. The early american handles were made from more forgiving timbers including apple, beech, occasionally mahogany and Brazilian rosewood (Disston's D115/D15 and Atkins' 400/401).

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by Chris Parks

something I bought thinking it was a bit of a gimmick and use all the time a BMI measuring tape, it is so good I bought a second one as well. https://www.gettoolsdirect.com.au/bm...429241020.html

Hmmm, ok, what is it you like about that? Hard to imagine from just a pic and a few words "it unrolls by itself", so a user's perspective would be interesting.

Any mention of BMI at Xmas time usually has me thinking I ate too much plum pudding.

I haven't actually used it yet, but I brought home Dads favourite No5 that he used as a chippy for many years. It has been sitting on the bench at Mums for the last four years with his nail bag and hammer and I didn't want to take it. It was starting to get a bit of surface rust on the sole though so I thought it was time to get it shaving wood again. Very sentimental about this one.

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

Hmmm, ok, what is it you like about that? Hard to imagine from just a pic and a few words "it unrolls by itself", so a user's perspective would be interesting.

TBH it doesn't do anything a normal tape does but it fits in my pocket, has very nice easy to read graduations, sits flat on the job so making marking from the tape easy instead of having upward curved sides, no sliding end hook, no spring mechanism to fail. Have you tried one Brett? Most who do become converts from what I can see.

Originally Posted by Chris Parks

Have you tried one Brett?

No, I was hoping to have a go with yours.

Originally Posted by Chris Parks

TBH it doesn't do anything a normal tape does but it fits in my pocket, has very nice easy to read graduations, sits flat on the job so making marking from the tape easy instead of having upward curved sides, no sliding end hook, no spring mechanism to fail. Have you tried one Brett? Most who do become converts from what I can see.

I second that. I find mine very useful for setting the fence on the table saw. I think it could do with an end hook though.

TT

My Shapton Pro stones and Veritas honing set lately. I was always super lazy about sharpening because it took ages setting up with all the sandpaper, glass and clamps etc but now it's a really quick process.

Made a huge difference to the quality of my chisel work, my blades weren't even close to sharp before and this was making life really hard even on soft stuff like pine.

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

No, I was hoping to have a go with yours.

Come down and give me a hand to find it!! I have the three metre version as well but it has dual scales on it so I bought the two metre version which is metric only. The problem with the three metre dual scale for me was the metric scale was sometimes on the wrong side and to turn it over made me work left handed and that was never going to happen.

This guy, just added it a to the kit about a week ago!



Absolutely adore my Incra rules, have the 150mm plain ruler as well and I honestly don't know how I got by without them now. Makes layout such a breeze.