April Fool Tool

[Nick Gibbs]

Lee Valley will be announcing their annual April Fools' Day tool tomorrow. Visit their website and search for AFD. We've heard from the horse's mouth that this year's innovation is heavy, at 220lb. A pocket anvil perhaps.

Nick

 

[katellwood]

I want the pocket dovetailer

 

[Nick Gibbs]

We had the Pocket Dovetailer here for a bit, and as a joke I even took it down to my local pub to cut a dovetail on the move (BW28). I can send you a pdf of the article. It was very beautiful, but not very robust.

 

[Bale]

Does anyone know when they will be putting the gang saw extension kit on the market? I have to fret some guitar fingerboards and it's going to save so much time cutting all the slots in one go.

Pete

 

[Nick Gibbs]

Does anyone know when they will be putting the gang saw extension kit on the market? I have to fret some guitar fingerboards and it's going to save so much time cutting all the slots in one go. Pete

Great idea. You could buy it with a cluster of spacers to suit different fretting. Will obviously have to have a built-in depth stop.

 

[Andy RV]

Is this the latest one: http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=69302&cat=1,42401

 

[Jacob]

This is still their best one IMO http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.a ... 0298,52403
A real puzzler!

 

[katellwood]

(hammer)

This is still their best one IMO http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.a ... 0298,52403
A real puzzler!

 

[AndyT]

Is this the latest one: http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=69302&cat=1,42401

No, that's been around for a while (and what a magnificent invention it is! ;-) . We have to wait a few hours yet for them to wake up and post this year's must-have.

 

[Scouse]

As usual I want one.

http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.a ... at=1,41637

 

[Nick Gibbs]

I'm loving the Spider Vice. Serious overkill.

 

[adidat]

to be fair isn't that actually an excellent idea??

adidat

 

[Jelly]

to be fair isn't that actually an excellent idea??

adidat

The Spider-Vice? Yeah, it would be a bit of an esoteric piece of equipment, but I can see plenty of people finding good uses for it, especially people who restore rather than make... It also looks a little bit like a humongous lathe-chuck, if anyone was feeling particularly foolhardy/brave and wanted to make circular table top in a hurry.

 

[Harbo]

The BMW PRAM is a good un.

Rod

 

[No skills]

"Bleeding-Edge Innovation" Excellent!!

And yes its not a bad idea really. I'd buy that for a dollar...

 

[Rob Lee]

(snip)
And yes its not a bad idea really. I'd buy that for a dollar...

Ummm....

You really don't want to know what it costs to make one.....!!!

Cheers -

Rob

 

[No skills]

:wink:

 

[lanemaux]

Rob , my dear friend, brilliant ... simply brilliant. I laughed so hard during the video that I didn't even mind that it is snowing where I am. Thanks pal , you made my day.

 

[Nick Gibbs]

Somewhat bizarrely I was discussing quite a similar idea with an inventor friend recently. There is a shortage of holding devices for obscure shapes for carving etc...

 

[Steve Maskery]

"For the retired woodworker who can never remember what day of the week it is, the seven-jaw Spider Vise is the solution. You can make pointers or wheels to indicate the day or build a seven-sided case to organize your daily requirement of pharmaceuticals."
Priceless! - And far too close for comfort!
S