Thread: something for everyone?

and the sometimes absurd sycophantic following they have.

Holden/Ford, Canon/Nikon, Harley/not-Harley, Apple/PC.... It is the followers that are.... boring and needlessly devoted.

I am waiting for the 120 to 20,000 grit saw sharpening file kit, and the tool handle protection set (gloves) so that the 'web chatterers' can hype them up and the marketing-merry-go-round can spin a little more frentically.

Originally Posted by Clinton1

I am waiting for the 120 to 20,000 grit saw sharpening file kit

"I'd buy that for a dollar"
Paul

Originally Posted by Ball Peen

What? People wrap plane irons?

Yeah, how else would Santa get them to you


Steve

$1 be damned!

I'd take $0.50 per kit sold as patent fees/royalties.
Shouldn't be too hard, just some file blanks with diamond layers.... the arguments can be about the type of diamond grit type and the proprietary processes to bond them.... wait a year or two and then launch the ceramic waterstone version.
Files are around $10 each, so sell a 120, 360, 700, 1200, 6,000 kit for $60, and add a 20,000 grit file for $40. Think of the web articles it would generate!

You saw it first here.

Originally Posted by Clinton1

I am waiting for the 120 to 20,000 grit saw sharpening file kit, and the tool handle protection set (gloves) so that the 'web chatterers' can hype them up and the marketing-merry-go-round can spin a little more frentically.

I'm sure my dad had one of them, not sure where the files are, but the guide is around here somewhere

I sometimes haul bench planes to a job site. the most versatility for the tonnage seems to be a number 4 and a number 5 with three blades/chipbreakers- one straight across, one with a slight crown and one with a deep crown for scrubbing. so at least one blade is always on the loose. some sort of wallet with a space for card scrapers is on my want list.

Originally Posted by lightwood

Whilst wasting time today...I was reading some of the woodwork forums, and found a post that re-enforces my view of the "new woodwork tool makers" and the sometimes absurd sycophantic following they have.

A bloke travels between a couple of places, and has his sharpening station at only one of those places, so asked for help .......
"it is a bit of a pain to always look for cardboard and tape to wrap the blade so as to avoid mishaps.
Does anyone have a better idea? "

First two answers are ready with the goods...can't waste a minute, talk it up...promote, promote!!!!

"Lie Nielsen plane blade wallet works for me!"

"LV now sells plane blade holders pretty cheap,......"

Creating a completely unnecessary product that must have been designed and made with the express purpose to extract cash from a "time -poor" customer...or are these products in the online catalogues as a residue from long ago un-funny April fool "jokes"?
Either way, there are certain to be a couple of blokes somewhere having a great big belly laugh.

Regards,
Peter

Was that a slow day or a cynical day you were having.

Just to test my theory on why I think you said what you said... what do you do for a living, or did do?

Originally Posted by Chippin Away

Was that a slow day or a cynical day you were having.

Neither of those.

Originally Posted by Chippin Away

Just to test my theory on why I think you said what you said... what do you do for a living, or did do?

Are you serious?
Why should I care for a fraction of a second about some stupid, secret theory an anonymous poster has about me?

Just don't think you can come along here and test me to see if I match some preconceived notion you have in your brain. That is something I WILL NOT get involved in.

If you don't agree with me, that's just fine with me. No law says people here have to agree with me. I know plenty who don't. At least they make the effort. and take the time to write an opinion.

If you have something to say, or an opinion about this topic. put it out there and we will know what you think.

Peter

if you want to know what peter does for a living it's not hard to find out. google is your friend.


myself, I'm not offended by the production of blade wallets. I am somewhat amused by the marketing strategies of the boutique tool makers, and even irritated by the upward squeeze they seem to apply to tool prices across the board. I do accept that it probably isn't really their fault, though- a glance at the broader trends toward academia and away from manual trades, with the accompanying wage inflation and nostalgia for simpler times and it's not too hard to see tool collecting (and prices) on an upward trend.

Whoa boys! Please don't up the ante...

A bit of rubbishing between friends is fine. For a newbie, a simple statement of why you agree or disagree with anything written here is preferred.

Cheers,

I know it's unfair but the first thing that came to my mind was, "I'm a woodworker, how do I manage sharp tools?"

myself, I'm not offended by the production of blade wallets. ...... a glance at the broader trends toward academia and away from manual trades, with the accompanying wage inflation and nostalgia for simpler times and it's not too hard to see tool collecting (and prices) on an upward trend.[/QUOTE]

I agree wholeheartedly. It's a commercial response to a demographic bulge. Targeting a lot of 60+ guys no longer fully employed with a lot of time and looking for something meaningful to do with others in their cohort who are all still impacted by thoughts of dad and what he used to do. It connects with the past, honours dad, allows time to pass interestingly and productively, makes us feel good, forms friendships and probably most importantly stops us contemplating the inevitable future too much. But in the interim.....IT STOPS THE MADNESS !!!!

Even so. I can never understand why I would buy a sock for a plane?????

I agree Doggie but I'd put it in simpler terms. They've seen a market and they're milking it for all it's worth.

Originally Posted by Doggie

Even so. I can never understand why I would buy a sock for a plane?????

to keep from scratching your new $400 plane, of course.