What's new from LV on April 1?

Re: What's new from LV on April 1?

Chad Pearson

>Nothing new but the toolbelt ;-)

Ah - found it *LINK*

Bill Houghton, STILL raining, Sebastopol, CA

>Nice design, Rob Lee and elves. My two favorite lines are the reference to Johannes Kepler, and "Designed and made in Canada, where we know a lot about pucks and cups."


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would be nice to have some

Gary B in Central NY

>flexible metal backed pouches that you could sell with it, I mean, a pound of nails attached to that magnet could get a little prickly...lol

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Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia

>High Friction tape...silver to blend with the pucks metallic finish...fabric backed.Hmmm sounds a lot like Duc....naw couldn't be.JR

Re: Ah - found it

Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>I was worried there for a second. Thought maybe they weren't doing the April Fools joke thing this year.

My favourite is the multiple cutter marking guage from last year. The 1" thick plane blade was good as well but not as good as the marking guage IMO

Dan Clermont

Lemme tell ya Dan...

Dave Anderson Chester, NH

>I was fortunate enuf to have Rob Lee loan me that marking gage for our guilds joinery symposium last year. That is one big and heavy hunk of metal. I actually took it down to my shop and marked out a couple of lines with it. Other than the obvious awkwardness of trying to control something with its weight and balance, it worked just fine. Even Rob's April Fools jokes are working tools. I expect that the toll belt is just the same.

Re: What's new from LV on April 1?

Clay C in Miami

>Be sure to hit the 'View' link below the item listing - another good 'in-use' photo.

Clay

Re: Lemme tell ya Dan...

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>It sounds to me like you are really saying these spoof tools only half work, wherein lies the humor. A tool is a connection between the craftsman and the object being worked. To be successful, it has to work well at both interfaces.

And then,

Bill Houghton, STILL raining, Sebastopol, CA

>it's the over the top element of the tools - we've all seen the tendency. Not enough to have a 1/8" thick plane iron, no, WE ship our planes with 3/16" thick irons!

I'm reminded of the April road tests that Road and Track used to do, before they lost the rhythm. The classic, in my opinion, was the test of a diesel locomotive, which, of course, "corners as if it's on rails."

Re: And then,

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>You're right, a 1/8" thick plane iron is not enough for optimum performance except in something as narrow as a block plane or shoulder plane. That's why Bailey added a chip breaker, and modern BU plane makers use the thicker irons you mention. That's also why Stanley's designs for their #62 and #164 failed. There was no place for a chip breaker, and they couldn't economically retool their production facilities to mill, harden, temper and flatten thicker irons. But, in general, a thicker iron doesn't get in the way of the interface between the tool and the user.