What - non Festool - tool / workshop related gizmo/stuff did you buy today?

[HarveyWildes]

Schaaf Chisels on sale at Amazon for $30 (normally $43) for a four chisel set.

I got one set to start.  The grinding is rough, but the backs are flat to slightly convex, so straightforward to flatten.  Once I found a technique for flattening that took a reasonable amount of time (see https://www.festoolownersgroup.com/hand-tools/i-just-got-better-at-flattening-chisels/msg676481/?topicseen#msg676481) and verified that the steel was reasonably good, I decided to buy another two sets at that price.

Schaaf carving tools have gotten suprisingly good reviews, and are also very reasonably priced.  I have a set of the carving tools and like them so far, so when these came on sale, I thought I'd give them a try.  They won't replace my Veritas PMV-11 chisels, but they will make good chisels for several teens in my life who enjoy woodworking.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

ShaperPlate ordered on the US shaper web site just went live so I ordered plate.

I pre-ordered one a few days after hearing about it. I got an E-mail stating November 4th shipping date.

 

[Sbradley0911]

Same here,  just ordered my shaper plate

 

[Bertotti]

My order says 4-6 weeks but today that has increased to 12-14 weeks. Must be a hot-selling item!

 

[festal]

My order says 4-6 weeks but today that has increased to 12-14 weeks. Must be a hot-selling item!

I ordered while it was still showing 4-6 weeks so hopefully it won't take 12-14

 

[Michael Kellough]

My order says 4-6 weeks but today that has increased to 12-14 weeks. Must be a hot-selling item!

I ordered while it was still showing 4-6 weeks so hopefully it won't take 12-14

Ordered directly from Shaper yesterday morning and acknowledgement email said eta was 10-12 weeks.

 

[rmwarren]

I'm in the 4-6 week tranche, pulled the trigger yesterday AM. I'd been planning to pass the buck to Santa but, you know...

Somehow the 16mm hogging bit mysteriously ended up in the cart at checkout.

RMW

 

[Crazyraceguy]

I'm in the 4-6 week tranche, pulled the trigger yesterday AM. I'd been planning to pass the buck to Santa but, you know...

Somehow the 16mm hogging bit mysteriously ended up in the cart at checkout.

RMW

So far, I have been successful at avoiding that bit. Don't know how much longer that will hold though.

 

[ChuckM]

Just picked up a WWII 20T rip blade (my 30 T WWII struggled a bit with stock over 2" thick) , Fastcap Uni-vac, and shim stock from Lee Valley, and some erasers (as glue bottle caps). Will report on the uni-vac after testing it.

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[flair woodworks]

I was at my local borg (Bunnings) today and came back with a 1/2" thick heavy smooth rubber mat 600 x 1200mm.

This will be great for my workbench when assembling furniture.

Regards from Perth

Derek

I hereby present Derek with the award for the Least Interesting Product Picture in this thread

 

[Zubo]

Yesterday I bought these kick clamp set

They are in systainer[emoji16][emoji16].

They are pretty lightweight. Not so much clamping force, but just right for finishing work or clamping stuff..

 

[hdv]

Although I am a great fan of Bessey clamps, I really don't like their KliKlamps. They do shift the workpieces to be clamped too easily too much and too often to my liking.

[Edit: forgot to mention I have 20 of them, so I know this from first-hand experience. ]

 

[Zubo]

I used to have 4 of them always in my mft systainer and i clamp everything  ...for  me they work just fine so I decided to buy some more...
Yes i clamp regular shape like wood panels plywood when I use lamello, domino, mafell ecc.

I have notice deflection in the clamp when clamping. But never broke or never lost the grip on wood.
For sure you must be careful to clamp correctly at 90 deg..or they slip away.

For glueing and clamping down complex shape I prefer for sure something stronger.

 

[Coen]

Yes nice Systainer. But the inlay is just some cardboard lol.

 

[Zubo]

You right. Some plywood around shop and replace it.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

I've had that set sitting in my que for a few weeks, just haven't pulled the trigger.
I have used them before, had a few in the old shop. They seem to work just fine in lighter-duty situations, never noticed much shift with them though? The Festool ones can do that slightly too. Must be a side-effect of the mechanism?

 

[luvmytoolz]

I bought a set of the exact same type of clamp from Banggood and the holding force is very high, not as good as an F Clamp but given the size and construction difference you can really clamp them down hard I found.

 

[Zubo]

i noticed that the black plastic that goes against the wood near the leverage, is quite slippy.
it looks like when you spry silicone stuff on dashboard car.
maybe add some felt pad with double-sided tape on it to prevent slipping from wood.
By the way in the end i consider them useful because of the weight, to carry around site for light work.

 

[HarveyWildes]

I replaced my Jet 10-14 EVS lathe with a Rikon 12-16 EVS (model 70-150VSR).  Super quiet, lined up perfectly out of the box.  Still figuring out what it can do.  In addition to the expanded capability, the Rikon adds reverse for outboard turning and a nice indexing scheme.  It also has a safety switch and an RPM display, which I like quite well.

Almost all of the accessories that I bought for the Jet fit the new Rikon, except for the tool rest posts, which are 1" instead of 5/8".  Since my aftermarket tool rests are all modular, I also bought a couple of posts - my old rests now work on the new lathe.

 

[ChuckM]

In addition to clamps, I picked up Osmo, a steam generator and an IVac auto switch:

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