Thread: Tool Shaped Objects

Ray - how about those plane-shaped objects they sell now (various colours & labels attached) that don't take shavings no matter how much you try?

Cheers,

Originally Posted by IanW

Ray - how about those plane-shaped objects they sell now (various colours & labels attached) that don't take shavings no matter how much you try?

Cheers,

Ian & Ray,
they don't need to be a recently made item to be a plane shaped object.
The triple lever adjuster on 1880s Metallic Plane Company offering is a cruel joke.
Regards,
Peter
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Not quite the same as they are not altogether useless but, screwdriver handle design has me spitting chips. If I wanted to remove skin from my hands I'd use the chisel rasps.
Cheers,
Jim

I bought a packet of 5 hacksaw blades recently that have teeth softer than anything I have attempt to cut so far. I only have one blade left now that I might try using the next time I have to make a plasterboard cutout.

Originally Posted by lightwood

....The triple lever adjuster on 1880s Metallic Plane Company offering is a cruel joke.

Peter - now I know what Heath Robinson did in his spare time - what a contraption! I take it the joke is that despite all those levers & cams, it doesn't actually move the blade in any meaningful way?

Cheers,

Originally Posted by IanW

Peter - now I know what Heath Robinson did in his spare time - what a contraption! I take it the joke is that despite all those levers & cams, it doesn't actually move the blade in any meaningful way?

Cheers,

Ian,
it is even more complicated than the three levers....
The lever cap has a screw with a pad on the base to engage with the roughed up area on the blade, so it moves with the blade. As the blade is withdrawn into the plane the two clips that come from behind loose their grip and the blade just slides back into the plane. Also as you adjust the lateral lever the round disc under the lever screw rotates and loosens the screw...again the blade just slides back into the plane.
Regards,
Peter
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At the risk of raising ire and getting dander up I'm going to throw in the fare offered by Bridge City Toolworks. While hardly in the same league as the chrasps they are far too good to be used as tools. They seem to me more like works of art or instant collectables. Mind you I wouldn't mind being able to afford a tool box full of said collectable. Very nice work indeed, be they tools or otherwise.

Cheerio,
Virg.

Originally Posted by lightwood

Ian,
it is even more complicated than the three levers....
The lever cap has a screw with a pad on the base to engage with the roughed up area on the blade, so it moves with the blade. As the blade is withdrawn into the plane the two clips that come from behind loose their grip and the blade just slides back into the plane. Also as you adjust the lateral lever the round disc under the lever screw rotates and loosens the screw...again the blade just slides back into the plane.
Regards,
Peter

What a classic, even with all the effort that's gone into manufacturing with levers, clips and screws it still fails to function.... maybe it needs more levers!

Regards
Ray

Originally Posted by Virgil

At the risk of raising ire and getting dander up I'm going to throw in the fare offered by Bridge City Toolworks. While hardly in the same league as the chrasps they are far too good to be used as tools. They seem to me more like works of art or instant collectables. Mind you I wouldn't mind being able to afford a tool box full of said collectable. Very nice work indeed, be they tools or otherwise.

Cheerio,
Virg.

Hi Virg,

I have a Bridge City square, lovely thing, way overpriced, but it is actually pretty square, it's a shade better than the Starret #20 Precision Master Square. Which is saying something for comparing a sliding combination square compared to a precision machinists square.

Still too dear however..

Regards
Ray

Almost anything sold in Bunnings or Mitre 10's hand tool section.

You have to admire the thought process that resulted in the chisel rasp

Originally Posted by ClintO

You have to admire the thought process that resulted in the chisel rasp

I suspect absinthe may have been involved...

I'm guessing the young designer saw an old file in grandpa's shed that had had it's tip ground to a scraper. "Ah, that's a good idea! A wood file could have a scraper on it too." And so the chrasp was born.

I think it's missing something. Where's its laser????

Cheerio,
Virg.

Perhaps we should add laser guided anything? Here's one from Ebay.