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September 28, 2016 768 × 1024 Woodworking in America 2016 (Part 2)

Vampire vise made by my friend Peter Ross for Chris Schwarz' tall Roman workbench

Vampire vise made by my friend Peter Ross for Chris Schwarz’ tall Roman workbench

(Photo by Bill Rainford 2016)

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In the workshop for my North Bennet Street School Founder’s Day post along with the “Ron” award

Another of my Milwaukee heavy duty tape measure blades developed a rip and snapped and for $32 I expected it to last longer. A year or so ago @elliot_jokelson suggested I try Fastcap tape measures I picked up a flat True32 tape that I’ve loved in the workshop and lefty/righty model that are both still going strong. For me I loved the Milwaukee feature wherein I could safely use a finger to stop the blade. The Fastcaps have a little button on the bottom to accomplish the same thing and while I didn’t like that mechanism as much to start I’m used to it now. For what it would cost to replace my two dead Milwaukee tapes I was able to buy 5 fast caps I can deploy around the shop so I’m not always looking for a tape measure and if one dies for the prices point of $8-14 each I’m not going to feel as bad about it when/if it breaks. We’ll see how this experiment goes but so far so good. I like the flat tapes when laying out furniture parts and the story stick tape is a nice novelty

Last nights progress… fabricating and installing corner boards to make the the return and tie into the knee walls

More progress…

A different form of making today — I ironed the family’s latest round of Perler Bead Pixel Art

Silicone glue brush made specifically for Festool Domino mortises. It’s a novelty sure, but for big glue ups is a nice time saver 🤩

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