Recent content by rick carpenter

Awesome! Now... time to motorize it!

Latest saws... Top, Zetsaw H-250 rip kataba; middle, Zetsaw 7105 dozuki; bottom, Zetsaw H-265 crosscut kataba Zetsaw H-250 rip kataba 9.84" Variable tpi; plate .019"/.5mm, kerf .027"/.7mm Zetsaw H-265 crosscut kataba 10.43" 15 tpi; plate .023"/.6mm, kerf .036"/.92mm Zetsaw 7105 dozuki...

I'm sure these are not all of Amazon's Lobtex vise grip pliers. You'll need to search for Lobster, Lobtex, Robtex, even Shrimp for the brand name. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001D7DFDS?tag=atomicindus08-20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00264M8QM?tag=atomicindus08-20...

Is this old news? Japanese regular (non screw-extracting) jaw vise grips are available [again?]. I searched a while back for small Japanese regular (non screw-extracting) jaw vise grips. At the time, all I could (fortunately) find were 5" NOS Aigo pliers as the only Japanese made option...

Latest arrivals... Kakuri cork handle 9-1/2" ryoba, and Kakuri 10" universal cut kataba blade 0.7mm Staedtler 925-35-07 and 0.7mm Zebra M-701 mechanical pencils, Vessel bit holder, Uni leads holder, and Shinwa square (I know...). The new ryoba is going to make me re-position my saw till...

I have the SF-200 Toji pliers, same as @boxy30, with baby **** brown handles that I bought a while back. I told folks here I bought the SF-165 pair but actually took a look at the labeling just now for the first time. They've easily replaced my western water pump pliers except for round plumbing...

Added 2 pvc prybar holders to the back corners of my cart. Lengthened 2 of the bolts on the legs for stand-offs made of 2 washers and a piece of copper pipe gently persuaded over them. Stick-on felt pads should prevent scratching the legs.

There are several videos that I told my boss about acetone fume smoothing a while back. Sorry, I apparently can't copy links for sh*t but just google searching comes up with several that may interest you. I'm not a 3d printer guy myself, but it's all pretty cool.

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Anex and Vessel for bits, Vessel for screwdrivers. Tsunoda has a lot of good mechanic's hand tools for very reasonable prices. IPS/Igarashi has a lot of good pliers etc. EDIT: Anex has dual-anvil bits that fit both Western and Japanese chucks. Sometimes they're described/labeled as "W-Groove"...

I made this Japanese style oilpot for my saws, per... ... (obviously lacking the rattan), front and center above them. Size is 3-3/4" x 1-1/8", oil is Mobil 1. Bamboo does not stain satisfactorily.

I just had this Pentel GraphGear 500 from before 2004 added to my collection this morning. Wife found it while cleaning up.

I've added a little to my Japanese mechanical pencil collection. On top are the Tombow Mono Zero eraser refills, next is the Tombow Mono Zero eraser, next is the wooden-body Kitaboshi W07 mech pencil, next is the Pentel P207 mech pencil, and finally are the Pentel Super HB 0.7mm leads. At right...

I used short lengths of pvc pipe glued to a fiberboard backer, with lots of magnets. I found that I needed to add a couple of HF magnet tool holder bars underneath as the whole thing incremented down each time I dropped a screwdriver into place. My mini USGen boxes now live on my benchtop, I...

I used the yellow box cutter frequently in my days in the school warehouse breaking down cardboard boxes for recycling or storage. I bought it so I still have it, and I used it today. Very handy!