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

[4nthony]

I first saw one of those in a YT video and it was a gotta have one of those moment.

I think the guy at squarerule was the first woodworker I saw using them and I had a similar reaction.

What a showoff, having all 3 on screen at once! [cool]

 

[Packard]

I first saw one of those in a YT video and it was a gotta have one of those moment.

I think the guy at squarerule was the first woodworker I saw using them and I had a similar reaction.

What a showoff, having all 3 on screen at once! [cool]

He used three to guarantee repeatability of measurements.  That is exactly the type of situation where I make a measuring device.  I still say that in 99% of the cases in woodworking, repeatability is more important than the actual dimensions.

 

[Cheese]

Dang I never realized how verneer scales worked! Thanks, just checked the "learn something every day" box. [thumbs up]

Rm

Well Richard...you youngster...we all know now, how old you are.  [poke]  [member=74278]Packard[/member] and I grew up using vernier scales so it's just a part of our DNA...so to speak. It's like picking up and using a slide rule which is also a vernier of sorts.

Here's a great example, these micrometers MINUS the vernier scale all measure to within .001". These same micrometers WITH the vernier scale now measure to within .0001"...a factor of 10x. Gotta love that, it's just something so simple.

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[Michael Kellough]

I first saw one of those in a YT video and it was a gotta have one of those moment.

I think the guy at squarerule was the first woodworker I saw using them and I had a similar reaction.

What a showoff, having all 3 on screen at once! [cool]

I use combination squares for that kind of marking but the Matsui pico is much better suited to that task. Unless you have a physical object to transfer a distance from, the pico will allow setting the distance by the numbers much more accurately than any combination square. I’ll buy at least one.

 

[Michael Kellough]

I bought one from a a seller in Japan via eBay (delivery to US). I was surprised to see eBay added sales tax to the purchase.

For about the same price (lower price for the tool but a higher price for the shipping) you can also buy from a seller of Japanese tools in Australia. I haven’t made a purchase so don’t know if sales tax will be added…

 

[Packard]

I distrust myself with rulers or other measuring tools.  It is not that I can’t read a scale.  It is just that virtually every error I have ever made in the past was from a measuring error, that despite “measure twice, cut once.

Almost all dimensions that need to be as exact as I can make them, have to fit to another item.

In those cases, I will directly transfer and mark the stock by placing it in position and marking the stock. 

If that is not an option, I have adjustable story sticks, combination squares, etc. to use without ever looking at a measuring scale. 

Of course I am not the only one with this experience.  Otherwise, “measure twice, cut one” would not be the most famous saying in woodworking.

 

[Michael Kellough]

Like a combination square or any other “rule with stop” you can both collect and transfer a distance from an edge with the Matsui pico. Unlike any other device I know of you can accurately set the Matsui pico to a distance by using the vernier scale (if sub 0.1mm is accurate enough for you). You could use a caliper but with obvious limitations.

 

[Packard]

Like a combination square or any other “rule with stop” you can both collect and transfer a distance from an edge with the Matsui pico. Unlike any other device I know of you can accurately set the Matsui pico to a distance by using the vernier scale (if sub 0.1mm is accurate enough for you). You could use a caliper but with obvious limitations.

I agree.  A conventional caliper is awful for transferring outside to inside dimensions.  They are designed to measure inside only and outside only and depth dimensions.

 

[Mini Me]

I bought one from a a seller in Japan via eBay (delivery to US). I was surprised to see eBay added sales tax to the purchase.

For about the same price (lower price for the tool but a higher price for the shipping) you can also buy from a seller of Japanese tools in Australia. I haven’t made a purchase so don’t know if sales tax will be added…

JTA is where I got mine from but I live nearby and had to wait some months for it to arrive.

 

[rmwarren]

Dang I never realized how verneer scales worked! Thanks, just checked the "learn something every day" box. [thumbs up]

Rm

Well Richard...you youngster...we all know now, how old you are.  [poke]  [member=74278]Packard[/member] and I grew up using vernier scales so it's just a part of our DNA...so to speak. It's like picking up and using a slide rule which is also a vernier of sorts.

Here's a great example, these micrometers MINUS the vernier scale all measure to within .001". These same micrometers WITH the vernier scale now measure to within .0001"...a factor of 10x. Gotta love that, it's just something so simple.

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It's a head slapper as I have a couple tools with vernier scales, just never occurred to me to figger out what they were for. I got nuthin.

RMW

 

[Packard]

We can all thank Pierre for both the Vernier scale and the Vernier caliper.

Pierre Vernier, (born August 19, 1584, Ornans, France—died September 14, 1638, Ornans), French mathematician and government official who is best remembered for his invention of the vernier caliper, an instrument for making accurate linear measurements.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pierre-Vernier

 

[woodbutcherbower]

Stanley Bailey block plane from a closing-down sale. Didn’t really need it, but the price was an absolute steal.

Kevin

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[luvmytoolz]

After lusting for a Lamello Zeta P2 the last few years, I used the excuse that I have a bunch of shelving and cupboards coming up to justify getting the full kit. I'm absolutely stoked with this, I'll have so many uses for it. I've also been stocking up on the 3rd party connectors so I've saved a fortune there.

 

[SoonerFan]

After lusting for a Lamello Zeta P2 the last few years, I used the excuse that I have a bunch of shelving and cupboards coming up to justify getting the full kit. I'm absolutely stoked with this, I'll have so many uses for it. I've also been stocking up on the 3rd party connectors so I've saved a fortune there.

[member=75933]luvmytoolz[/member] that is a great kit!  Enjoy!

 

[Leemstradamus]

Congratulations! Can't wait to see what you build with it!

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[woodbutcherbower]

[member=75933]luvmytoolz[/member] Fabulous.

Several tools on the van were bought specifically for one job because I'd never needed them for anything else before - but they fall into regular, almost daily use amazingly quickly. Same goes with the Zeta. I've never needed one, but maybe I'll pull the trigger when a job comes along for it. It's ultra-cool that they have a branded Sortainer for the accessories also.Enjoy !!

 

[Crazyraceguy]

I got that 6 piece Wera set a week or so ago, and the rack had an extra hole.....so the obvious addition PZ2

 

[Cheese]

In the past, I've always used a traditional Stanley knife with a hand guard that compresses the insulation while you cut it. It works well for fiberglass insulation used in 2x4 stud cavities, however for thicker insulation, you need to take multiple passes. For use on thicker insulation it becomes a PITA.

I happened upon these Hyde knives and the 6" version works well on R-21, 5-1/2" thick insulation...it cuts in one single pass. It really speeds up the process. I'm actually looking forward to using the 8" version on some R-25.

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[SoonerFan]

I got a Lie-Nielsen low angle block plane for Christmas.  I have wanted one for a while now.  And I must say based on first impressions it is terrific!  Adjustment is simple and precise.  Blade is very sharp.  I watched a YouTube video recently about how Lie-Nielsen manufactures planes.  It is a very impressive manufacturing process.  This is my first Lie-Nielsen tool and I expect to get many good years of use from it.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Bridgecity Tools keeps sending me Emails about some of the stuff they have on year-end deals.
I have nearly given in a couple of times about the scraper plane and/or the dual angle plane. They are absolute works of art.....beautiful.