Official Secret Santa Picture Thread

[woodbloke]

Here's what I opened this morning...a delightful confection, beauuutifuly engineered =D> in rosewood and brass:

It took me a little time this morning to work out what it was and how to use it :-k but now I know :wink: so to whatever kind Santa majicked this one up...very many thanks indeed - Rob :ho2

 

[Benchwayze]

Dovetail spacer? [-X

Maybe a centre finder? \/

 

[Mr Ed]

That is a fine looking centre marking gauge Rob. Looks superbly engineered by what I can see from here - nice haul.

Cheers, Ed

 

[seanybaby]

Rob - I'm still trying to get through the 12 big bottles of Leffe i bought myself :lol:

Waka - I wish :shock:

 

[Benchwayze]

That is a fine looking centre marking gauge Rob. Looks superbly engineered by what I can see from here - nice haul.

Cheers, Ed

Hi Ed,
Where do you find those rotary cutters please? Or do you make your own?

Cheers
John
:ho2

 

[Mr Ed]

See earlier in this thread;

Ed, I'm full of admiration for your gauges. What do you use for the blade?
Are they home made or do you buy them in?

I did make some blades out of A2 steel, but the amount of work was excessive for the end result. These ones were purchased from Axminster, part number 600457, £2.30 each - I decided at that price its not worth making them.

Cheers, Ed

Ed

 

[pedder]

Not had time to do any pictures yet

Hi Damian,

maybee this link helps? I found a few pictures on my server. Glad you like it, I really want to see the tote in your hand.

Byron, thank You very much for the saw! I really like it.

Ed these gauges looks wonderful!

Cheers Pedder

 

[TheTiddles]

Here's what I opened this morning...a delightful confection, beauuutifuly engineered =D> in rosewood and brass:

It took me a little time this morning to work out what it was and how to use it :-k but now I know :wink: so to whatever kind Santa majicked this one up...very many thanks indeed - Rob :ho2

Gosh Rob, that looks awfully like ebony to me...

It also looks like a centre marking gauge that my dad has, it's the only one I have ever seen like it as it allows you to scribe the centre right up to the end of the piece or on an end of a narrow plank that the standard 3-pin design can't do, I wonder who made it.

As for me, I got a bench hold-down, one of those big iron ones you tap down with a hammer, I haven't tried it yet but thanks Wizer for it! Maybe its significant weight contributed to your back injury??

Aidan

 

[wizer]

No worries Aidan. I assume you was glad it wasn't a hand made wizer special?

It's a Gramercy hold down. MarkW and I recently trailed the cheaper ones that can be sourced locally, but the head of Mark's ripped off. So I imported these from Tool For Working Wood. Try it out, they're fabby.

Some amazing things posted so far.

I will post the items that didin't make approval tomorrow.

 

[PaulO]

Thanks very much to my SS, very kind but I would have preferred it if you had made something yourself.

:roll:

 

[woodbloke]

Here's what I opened this morning...a delightful confection, beauuutifuly engineered =D> in rosewood and brass:

It took me a little time this morning to work out what it was and how to use it :-k but now I know :wink: so to whatever kind Santa majicked this one up...very many thanks indeed - Rob :ho2

Gosh Rob, that looks awfully like ebony to me...

It also looks like a centre marking gauge that my dad has, it's the only one I have ever seen like it as it allows you to scribe the centre right up to the end of the piece or on an end of a narrow plank that the standard 3-pin design can't do, I wonder who made it.

As for me, I got a bench hold-down, one of those big iron ones you tap down with a hammer, I haven't tried it yet but thanks Wizer for it! Maybe its significant weight contributed to your back injury??

Aidan

:wink: :wink: ...say no more, fabulous bit of kit :lol: - Rob :ho2

 

[Aled Dafis]

I recieved a very well made wooden marking gauge. I'll post pics later - it's a bit manic here at the moment.

Thank you very much Santa - (Rob?)

Aled

 

[woodbloke]

I recieved a very well made wooden marking gauge. I'll post pics later - it's a bit manic here at the moment.

Thank you very much Santa - (Rob?)

Aled

:lol: - Rob :ho2

 

[Benchwayze]

See earlier in this thread;

Ed, I'm full of admiration for your gauges. What do you use for the blade?
Are they home made or do you buy them in?

I did make some blades out of A2 steel, but the amount of work was excessive for the end result. These ones were purchased from Axminster, part number 600457, £2.30 each - I decided at that price its not worth making them.

Cheers, Ed

Ed

Thanks Ed. As you say; hardly worth the effort of making the blades one's self. I am obliged.

 

[Aled Dafis]

See earlier in this thread;

Ed, I'm full of admiration for your gauges. What do you use for the blade?
Are they home made or do you buy them in?

I did make some blades out of A2 steel, but the amount of work was excessive for the end result. These ones were purchased from Axminster, part number 600457, £2.30 each - I decided at that price its not worth making them.

Cheers, Ed

Ed

Thanks Ed. As you say; hardly worth the effort of making the blades one's self. I am obliged.

Just for information, the Veritas ones are currently on offer at Workshop Heaven for £1.50.

http://www.workshopheaven.com/eStor...76&act=&aff=&pg=prod&ref=3VERMGW&cat=&catstr=

Cheers

Aled

 

[Mr Ed]

those gauges are schweeet, well done Ed! (Do you sell them?)

Never really thought about it to be honest. I've only made a prototype and a run of 4, 2 of which now reside with Wizer.

The issue would be that whilst the cost of materials is relatively low, the man hours to make one would make the cost seem unreasonable (in my view) in comparison to the commercially available alternatives.

If there was some level of interest I could work out a price, but bearing in mind that you can get a Titemark for £77 (which is on another level in terms of engineering and performance) I doubt if it would be cheaper than that by a sufficient margin to be of interest to anyone.

Don't mean to be defeatist, but it always seems to be the way that when you work out the true cost of these handmade items they become unfeasible. I don't know how Philly does it.

Cheers, Ed

 

[wizer]

I see where your coming from Ed, which makes my gift all the more special. I must admit when I first opened it I wondered why there was 2. Then I remembered last time I needed to use my traditional crown marking gauge and needing to change it back and forth between 2 settings. Having 2 will eliminate that problem. I'm forcing myself another day in bed and then I'm going to have an extensive play with my new toys tomorrow.


PS: As said in that other thread. It's against the medieval rules of the forum not to post pics.

Get your arses in gear.

 

[9fingers]

See earlier in this thread;

Ed, I'm full of admiration for your gauges. What do you use for the blade?
Are they home made or do you buy them in?

I did make some blades out of A2 steel, but the amount of work was excessive for the end result. These ones were purchased from Axminster, part number 600457, £2.30 each - I decided at that price its not worth making them.

Cheers, Ed

Ed

Thanks Ed. As you say; hardly worth the effort of making the blades one's self. I am obliged.

Just for information, the Veritas ones are currently on offer at Workshop Heaven for £1.50.

http://www.workshopheaven.com/eStor...76&act=&aff=&pg=prod&ref=3VERMGW&cat=&catstr=

Cheers

Aled

Thanks for the link Aled,

I've just ordered a couple to put in the round-2-it queue!!

Bob

 

[Benchwayze]

Like my JTBD (Jobs To Be Done) file then Bob?



Those hand drivers for the electrical driver bits...
They look very much like a 'Marc' one job to me!


http://woodnotes-marc.blogspot.com/

 

[gidon]

Well I was gobsmacked to receive this from Secret Santa:

Fantastic design and craftmanship - thank you so much Secret Santa!! And thanks to Ed for arranging all this - a great idea.

Cheers

Gidon