Somewhere in the last two weeks I saw an ad or a catalog photo for a
> ruler with tiny holes for a *sharp* pencil to make measured marks
> precisely where you want. One version was in an L-shape (looking at
> the end of it) for marking on a face or an edge. I thought I had seen
> it in a Lee Valley catalog but found out that I was wrong when I went
> to LV. Can anyone knowing what I'm babbling about point me in the > right direction?
Something like this?
Would it be one of these?
On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 20:28:47 -0400, "G.E.R.R.Y." direction?
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"G.E.R.R.Y." Somewhere in the last two weeks I saw an ad or a catalog photo for a
FWW has an article on rules for woodworking. They shoed it. I saw one in a Sears Hardware store some time back but I don't recall if it was the bent one. Ed
On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 20:28:47 -0400, "G.E.R.R.Y." direction?
Check your FWW #165, October 2003, pages 50-53 for Mario Rodriguez' article on precision rules for wooddorking.
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ROTFL!
I'm sure "worddorking" was just a typo but it's so descriptive of how some of my projects appear!
-- Mark, the Wooddorker
And I thought the holes were to lighten the load.
Now, THAT's funny!
On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 03:07:33 GMT, "Mark Jerde" Crawled out of the shop and said. . .:
actually that's an old wReck ism
Traves
On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 20:28:47 -0400, "G.E.R.R.Y." direction?
Like these?
I think you're really looking for the "Bend Rule", but the page above states that they are no longer available.
Barry
They're not?
I spent last night drilling all of my straight edges, and was just about to start my 6" and 12" Starrett squares, when I read your post.
Barry
"G.E.R.R.Y." Somewhere in the last two weeks I saw an ad or a catalog photo for a
Try
Tin Woodsmn
"G.E.R.R.Y."
Incra's web site lists the Canadian dealers as:
House of Tools Ltd. Edmonton, Alberta
780-944-9600KMS Tools & Equipment Ltd. Coquitlam, British Columbia
604-522-5599J. Carrier, Inc. Montreal, Quebec
514-598-9777Outils Pierre Berger, Inc. La Prairie, Quebec
450-444-3882-- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA
On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 23:03:05 -0400, "G.E.R.R.Y."
On the same web site:
Brampton Beemtec Canada, Inc. Tel: 905-792-4333
Lee Valley used to carry them, but no more. Care to 'splain why, Robin?
Personally, I use a knife for marking when the measurement is critical and a pencil when it's not. I find a 0.5mm lead to either be insufficiently accurate for precision work, or unnecessarily so. A freshly sharpened regular pencil is better than a mechanical one. So I was never really tempted to buy an Incra rule. Note that I am a one-eye-talian (lost my left eye in a car accident), so I have to be extra careful that my eye is properly lined up with the ruler marking since I can't take advantage of parallax like the rest of you. In theory, those rulers should work well for me, but, like I said, I was never really tempted.
However, I bemoan the loss of the Veritas Hook rules. I have a 12" one that I use all the time. I also would have got a 6" one, but they disappeared from recent catalogues. I know there were some complaints about the difficulty in reading the scales. I agree to some extent, but I have yet to make a measurement error with that rule, maybe because I have to be extra careful no to mistake the 16ths markings with the 1/32nds. So Robin, why did you give up making them?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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