Jeremy has done a multitude of amazing things on this channel, but delivering the line "Isn't it uncomfortable to have six inches of wood in your pants?" with a straight face is by far the most impressive... 👏👏👏🤣
I also appreciated the casual thoughtfulness of "I don't *plan* to eat this thing..." I watch this channel for the straightforwardly explained, solidly practical build process content, but I have to admit the exquisitely delivered subtle comedy is a big plus.
The explanation of how so much thought and trial and error goes in to something that at first glance appears so simple goes a long way to explain why artisan products cost more than mass produced vacuum formed plastics. Heck, I'm not even a joiner/carpenter/cabinet maker and I want something that beautifu-nctional so I can E.D.C a precision rule. Wonderful video produced by a skilled yet humble person. Regards from Scotland.
Jeremy, my wife and I were talking about you last night and we agreed that we wanted to send you a word of encouragement. If your hiatus is permanent, that's totally cool. We want you to know that we very much appreciate what you already have done and how you have helped many people with your examples and instructions. I know I would be proud if you were our son. We do realize that having a following audience is not an easy thing. Keeping some distance from all of us at times is an important thing to do. We want you to know that we are praying for you and hope that God leads you on a path that is rewarding for you wherever that path takes you.
That debris clearing slot that's cleared by the ruler itself It's one of those moments when you lean back in your chair and say, "Dang, this guy is _good_ ."
I was eating dinner when my phone went off. I'm not allowed a phone a dinner time but my wife said it's from Jeremy. I dropped my knife and fork and cast the vid to my tv. As usual, the vid is superb. Thanks for all your hard work.
Very nice work. I gave up on carrying the six inch rule. My wife gave me a Lowe’s gift card, which is now carried in my wallet. It has a short ruler in inches on one edge. Good for measuring many small items at the hardware store. I have also been looking for belt hooks, and for guidance on how to make a case for a 12 inch Incra ruler. Really appreciate your insights and perseverance. Thank-you.
I have a block of beeswax I picked up for waxing string I use for various things. I used it as a finish by heating the wood with a heat till it was hot enough to melt the wax, and then just rubbing it on the wood. It worked out very well!
Please do make the PDF plans! Also, I really appreciate how you show all your prototypes AND how you recover from any mistakes you've made. Thank you for another great video!
Jeremy what a great watch. You make very entertaining videos. To see you progress through all your attempts was very inspirational. What a great piece you have made. All the thought gone into something seemingly so simple has made a great product. You are going places for sure.
Awesome video and a great idea for something else to add to my already full pockets! I also want to thank you for including the mistakes and showing us the design iterations. It's so helpful for people to understand that these things (designs) rarely come out right the first time. The trials and errors and the learning from those are so helpful and most of the time (from other sources) we don't get to see that and miss out on that part of the process. A great lesson to anyone who aspires to design something.
Cool man! I love the attention to detail! I have a klein technician pouch that I use as a back pocket protector. I keep an olfa knife, a 6" adjustable wrench, knipex pliers, a flashlight, pens, pencils, sharpies, and a 6" combination square. I started wearing it at work then I started reaching for my wrench all the time so now I just leave it on all the time. I went to an estate sale today and my wife told me to leave the pouch so I did. At the estate sale I found a sweet vise bolted to a table. I couldn't unbolt it because I didn't have my pocket tools. The moral of this story is CARRY TOOLS EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME! also I found a wrench and got the vise it's a 3" Hercules made in Canada!
This feels like a "please take my money" moment. But seriously I'd buy one of these in a heartbeat if you sold them. Convenient ways to keep rules, combination squares, calipers and marking tools at hand are in short supply and are game changers.
When in the shop, I frequently carry a nylon sleeve from a mini-Mag-lite. The sleeve holds a 4" Empire mini sliding caliper measure, and a thin, 6" , stainless ruler with sliding pocket clip. I carry the nylon sleeve in the bib pocket of overalls, but it works in a front jeans pocket, too.
I appreciate your honesty and willingness to show your mistakes. It not only prevents me from making that mistake, it gives me confidence in that if I do make a mistake, I'm not the only one!
Thank you so much Jeremy for this video. It's really informative. You have just given us lot of experience from those mistakes that you have shown. The technique that you use and the details that you care about is just compelling. Good luck
Nice! I have my dads rule from the 50's, its 3/4" wide, use it almost daily.... on the work table. It never entered my tiny mind to build a sheath. Great idea, fantastic project. Thanks for your vids, you have wisdom (and patience;) way beyond your years.
The sheath is a good idea as is the suggestion for a slot for the tweezers. I'm suggesting using a neodinium magnet to hold the rule in place instead of bending the wood. Magnets are also useful to determine ferrous and martinsitic metals from others.
I love things that are practical and pretty. What an awesome piece, and amazing to think how much development and iteration goes into something that seems so simple on its face.
Great video 👍 it's great that you include the mistakes and show all the prototypes - it teaches younger viewers that perfection takes time. Also, an EDC that I have used for 20+ years are precision tweezers called "Uncle Bill's Silver Grippers" they are good as is, but I sharpen the tips by using a small screw and nut to hold them closed while I grind them to a sharp point. Learned the hard way that metal splinters are tough to find and remove.
i also carry one and i thought i was the only one. i had made a simple leather sheath and it is super thin and doesn't poke or scratch things. also never had any real problems with the ruler bending.
Cool! My brother has been wanting a leather one, I’d be interested in seeing how you constructed yours. Jerswoodshop@gmail.com if you care to share a pic, if not that’s totally fine. P.S. nice profile pic ;-)
Almost 20 minutes doing what supposed to be a simple project and, still, is worth it every minute; not to many people can accomplish that. Thanks for sharing !
Props for the Chris Reeve folder. Back in the 80s I wanted one of his one piece hollow handled fixed blades more than I wanted Tawny Kitaen. That's a lot. Great project, sir!
Thanks again for great content. I learn a lot when you include your mistakes and how you recover from them. The explanations you give for what you do are also really valuable.
Uau Jeremy this is such a high quality video. The evolution of the design, framing of the shots, your lines, jokes and delivery, pleasant music at the end, everything. Fantastic work. You're a king.
Such a cool video and great idea. I tried it out, and instead of using the curve, I hot glued a two magnets in. It makes it a bit bulkier, but you don't have to worry about the curve as much. Additionally you can introduce a bit more space for easier access, and don't have to worry about movement thanks the the magnet. Great idea and great video nonetheless.
Dad had a clip on his Starret ruler to keep it attached to his pocket protector. I see General still does that with their 6" ruler and the clip doubles as a depth gauge. This is quite a bit stealthier and doesn't scream geek, but back then the pocket protector was the engineer's badge of honor! Nice work and detail on the iterative design process, thank you for sharing.
This is great. Think I will make one for my son, he just got hired as a machinist apprentice. Also, very much appreciate you showing the mistakes as well, so much more inspiring than thinking things always go perfectly for the “professionals.”
You made me laugh at 4:05 with the comment you put in your video. Didn't see that anyone else had caught that, but could be wrong. I have to say that you are a genius coming up with the pocket ruler case. I would like to try and make one myself. Great work and great videos.
Thanks! Ok, you’re not the first to suggest 3D printing, so I’m gonna try to make a CAD model. I don’t have a 3D printer, but I’m assuming you just need a solid 3D component in DXF or STL for your slicing program to convert to G-code?
“Doesn’t hurt to go with food grade just in case” How did you know I had to make a pb&j with my pocket ruler!? I was hungry, okay! I didn’t have anything else in the car and it worked! Even cut the sammich pretty nicely. Don’t judge me… hahahah
Jeremy, I want to tell you I really enjoy watching your vids. You are such a smart young man and so humble when you mess up. You are a great teacher of many things on the projects you do so please keep your videos coming. I am sure many viewers feel the same way I do. I always say there are smart people and then there are really smart people, well you are the really smart people my friend so just want to let you know I really enjoy your vids.
Thanks! That wasn’t the most comfortable cut I’ve ever made, but I wasn’t sure how else to securely hold a weirdly shaped part with a chunk of metal in it.
The way they made this work for scabbards for swords was that the sword is a pretty loose fit in the scabbard (definitely not a friction fit), and then they add a strip of leather near the opening to create friction. That leather could also be oiled so that the sword always gets some oil on it and doesn't rust. Might be applicable here, to reduce accuracy requirements a bit.
Enjoyed this project, Jeremy enjoyed watching this all come together thanks for taking the time to share this with us. Play Safe From Elliot Lake Ontario Canada.
Excellent, as always. Think about wood as a leaf spring in many applications. Its functional and fun and could have been applied here, also, as a way to add friction.
If it’s something that’s going to see slot of use like that and it’s made of wood (or any porous material), sometimes I’ll slightly warm it up and then submerge it in an oil or wax finish. not too hot or anything just maybe 100° or 105°. Fahrenheit that is. And leave it soaking at that temperature overnight. Submerged in the material. I usually try to do this only with solid wooden objects because once the oils and wax penetrate the wood completely it could possibly have an effect on the glue bonds. But I have never really noticed much of a problem especially when it comes to titebond 2 and three. But I still avoid it unless i’ve also used a secondary method to secure the pieces together like wooden dowels, dovetails, or some type of mechanical joint. That way the glue did happen to fail, I probably wouldn’t even notice the difference. The glue is just there is excess and extra protection. Either the butcher block finish, like you showed or the wax would’ve worked pretty well also. I make my own but it’s basically just Birchwood cassey gunstock wax with a few other additives (and a few nasty distillates removed)Also very similar to “feed-n-wax” . The only reason I make my own is because I have access to pretty much free beeswax from the guy down the road, and I used to go through gallons of conservative wax, feed and wax, and gunstock wax every year in my shop. Not only is it expensive, but this way I can tune each batch for different applications. Cooking some batches so that they stay dry paced even in the hardest of temperatures, or adding/removing things as needed for each application. By slightly warming the wood and soaking you allow it to really suck up into the pores and fibers. And the end grain will just suck it up like a straw and disperse it more evenly.. Then of course you’ll have to wrap it up in paper towel or something absorbent for a few days so that it can draw out any of the excess. And if you leave it in the dash of your car or some thing and it gets extremely hot it might have a slight layer of wax or oil that seeps out but it will be extremely minor on something that thin but that way if you have a busy year and forget toilet when it gets really dry, or you don’t have naturally oily hands to keep it somewhat protected… Or maybe you get caught out in the rain a lot or you sweat a lot… The wax and oils are Great protection and basically stabilizing the wood but without actually using acrylic and a vacuum pot. So the wood is still wood, and you’re not adding a ton of extra weight like real stabilization. . Always love coming back and watching this video. You did a great job
Jeremy to keep the Ti from make sure the your grain direction is 90 degrees of your bend line or lay it out at a 30+ off center. When you bend with the grain especially tight bends will crack and fail keep up your awesome work Thanks Sam
This is AWESOME! I don’t have all the tools to be able to make one but hopefully some day. I carry a small brass pocket caliper that’s like 3 inches long just because it’s thicker and won’t bend in my pocket.
Love seeing the iterations & the mistakes, it’s actually very encouraging to know someone as talented still screws up from time to time. Especially in these days of social media ‘perfection’ if you know what i mean.
@Jer_Schmidt Your videos are always so informative and educational. I really appreciate your precision and your jigs and templates. Just an idea, you could do a series on measurement, desiong and jigs and templates. Teach us how you are able to build with such quality. THANKS!!!
Jeremy, dude, you made my night ! A new upload in such a long time, and that (un)intentionnal joke about the 6 in of wood in your pocket. Still laughing.
Love the project and also the food grade finish. Because I have actually used my 6 in ruler as a fork to eat ravioli's with it .late night at the shop you have to improvise. Lol keep up the good work glad to see you backv
I keep mine in my shirt pocket, to keep it there I glued a magnet to a mini bull dog clip. works a treat for my purposes. Also, I always bend the end up, for ease of picking it up off a flat surface. Nice work!
Hey Jeremy!! It's amazing that I clicked onto your video about the 6" steel rule holder. I have had mine for a few months which so far is the longest time before it got too bent to use. So I ordered two more, (I have a thing for any ruler type instruments- (I know, weird lol) and they came in yesterday. So now I'm going through my scrap bin and I'm going to make myself a sheath too out of purple heart. As always, great content.
When I first found you I binged and watched everything in one go.. so I’ve been waiting and hoping you would add more soon. I really hope you can get to a point where you just make videos all day because your channel is absolutely perfect. Keep it up my man 🤙
If you ever redo this one day, I’ve got a lot of incredible cut off‘s from guitar making, everything from Brazilian Rosewood, striped black/white Ebony, purple heart, pink ivory, literally any exotic wood you could ever think of. Hundreds if not thousands of pounds of the stuff. Hell I love collecting exotic and semi precious materials, I have a large collection of pre-ban ivory, walrus ivy, walrus penis bone ivory, mastodon tooth and ivory, all types of coral, mother of pearls and abalones, tons of shit like that. When I was a kid I was around a lot of knife making and exotic material because my dad was the main supplier of synthetic mother of pearl, ivory, and stabilize wood to all of the major knife manufacturers, gun grip manufacturers, and many other industries. companies like Smith and Wesson, Frost cutlery, case XX, Kershaw, Buck, and over 100 of the most well renowned professional knife makers… Most of which were the old-timers who pioneered High end art Knives and custom knife making. All of the guys who were at the first 10 or 20 blade shows and who became famous and were backordered five years with pre-orders for $3000 bowie knives and such 😂 it was so much fun being around that stuff. Took him years and he spent his life savings developing the stuff… And He shipped it out in huge truckloads. He was one of the first folks to pioneer wood stabilizing back in the late 90s. His biggest clients were always the huge knife companies that would buy it in bulk and ship the material to China or wherever their knives were made to have it put on. But a close second is the big Knife Supply companies. Many of which are still around today. Like Jantz, Texas Knife Supply, USA knife maker, and so many others it was a lot of fun to grow up around that stuff… And I’ve had a love and appreciation for exotic materials to this day and I have gathered a really great collection. I also do a lot of wood stabilizing with resins in a vacuum chamber system. So I could always stabilize a few small pieces for you so that it’s completely impervious to moisture and becomes almost as tough as micarta or G10. Another cool idea would be to make it out of Vintage Micarta like some of the beautiful original stuff. Some of the jade or aged ivory colored linen micarta is absolutely stunning and looks like a damn gemstone when contoured and polished. Vintage looking and properly colored Micarta is a really timeless and beautiful material, but exceptionally hard to find the original antique stuff. I happen to have a lot of it mostly salvage from antique elevator electrical panels and other antique electrical control equipment. Because that’s what it was originally made for. Isolation in electrical equipment. The stuff is going to skyrocket in price, just like Bakelite. If you want to have your mind blown look up completed eBay listings for Bakelite raw material and blanks. Rods and stuff like that. Damn I needed a Bakelite blank to restore a custom pen from the 1950s… And just for a small pen sized blank of honey colored Bakelite people are fighting over them on eBay for damn near $500. It’s just a plastic for Pete’s sake! But now it’s considered a semi precious material, and vintage micatra is soon to follow. I’ve seen old Bakelite bowling balls and alarm clocks sell on eBay for well over $1000. To be cut down and used as raw material in making new “throwback“ products like jewelry, fountain pens, and other beautiful timeless designs So just shoot me an email or message if you ever decide to remake it or want some material to play with.
10:55 right after you made the first bend for the clip, before you go further, you should try and heat the clip with a blowtorch to a couple hundreds of degrees (red hot if it were steel, I don't know much about titanium but I guess it would be quite the same). This way, by softening the metal, the stess you have introduced in the metal by bending will be "relieved" as the atoms will rearrange and come back to a normal crystalline structure. This will make the clip not only less prone to cracking and more bendy, but also much stronger and less brittle for the future.
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Jeremy has done a multitude of amazing things on this channel, but delivering the line "Isn't it uncomfortable to have six inches of wood in your pants?" with a straight face is by far the most impressive... 👏👏👏🤣
Yeah, probably the most challenging thing I’ve done here. ;-) I made more attempts at that line than I did at the rule sheath.
I almost spit my coffee out when he said that. It was a great laugh.
@@boblablah I'm 42, and that line with the straight face cracked me up!
Good one.
I also appreciated the casual thoughtfulness of "I don't *plan* to eat this thing..."
I watch this channel for the straightforwardly explained, solidly practical build process content, but I have to admit the exquisitely delivered subtle comedy is a big plus.
I totally agree with you on the 6” scale. Never leaves my pocket when I’m at work. Use it dozens of times every day.
Bravo to the person honest enough to show their mistakes. Lovely project.
Hello, are you going to be making any videos ant time soon?
6 Minutes Media agreed I'm sure that a lot of mistakes are made by others and they do not show that they can make mistakes as we all do.
Excellent video. I love the attention to detail and the fact that you showed your mistakes.
The finished product is a really beautiful piece.
The explanation of how so much thought and trial and error goes in to something that at first glance appears so simple goes a long way to explain why artisan products cost more than mass produced vacuum formed plastics. Heck, I'm not even a joiner/carpenter/cabinet maker and I want something that beautifu-nctional so I can E.D.C a precision rule. Wonderful video produced by a skilled yet humble person. Regards from Scotland.
Thank you!
Six inches of wood in your pants...I laughed a little too hard at that. Great video, as always.
I have no idea how he maintained a straight face saying this
@@__adj I cant even keep a straight face replying about it...
i died laughing hahaha
I find the full range of motion is reduced slightly, but my girlfriend doesn't complain. 😶
And he delivers the line so smoothly! Well done, Jeremy.
Jeremy, my wife and I were talking about you last night and we agreed that we wanted to send you a word of encouragement. If your hiatus is permanent, that's totally cool. We want you to know that we very much appreciate what you already have done and how you have helped many people with your examples and instructions. I know I would be proud if you were our son. We do realize that having a following audience is not an easy thing. Keeping some distance from all of us at times is an important thing to do. We want you to know that we are praying for you and hope that God leads you on a path that is rewarding for you wherever that path takes you.
You know what happend with him?
That debris clearing slot that's cleared by the ruler itself
It's one of those moments when you lean back in your chair and say, "Dang, this guy is _good_ ."
Yeah i have to say there was a nod of appreciation...😂
Me too, I threw my body back and I exclaimed out loud, to my dog I guess, “Oh my! This guy is a genius”
If you want to bend a tighter radius in titanium, just heat it with a torch first. You'll have to clean off the oxidation, but it works like a charm.
Everything from a 2 ton steel circular bench to support a vise to a wooden scabbard for a ruler , all done with extreme skill. Nice job Jeremy.
I was eating dinner when my phone went off. I'm not allowed a phone a dinner time but my wife said it's from Jeremy. I dropped my knife and fork and cast the vid to my tv. As usual, the vid is superb. Thanks for all your hard work.
Thank you! :-)
Very nice work. I gave up on carrying the six inch rule. My wife gave me a Lowe’s gift card, which is now carried in my wallet. It has a short ruler in inches on one edge. Good for measuring many small items at the hardware store. I have also been looking for belt hooks, and for guidance on how to make a case for a 12 inch Incra ruler. Really appreciate your insights and perseverance. Thank-you.
I have a block of beeswax I picked up for waxing string I use for various things. I used it as a finish by heating the wood with a heat till it was hot enough to melt the wax, and then just rubbing it on the wood. It worked out very well!
Please do make the PDF plans! Also, I really appreciate how you show all your prototypes AND how you recover from any mistakes you've made. Thank you for another great video!
Jeremy what a great watch. You make very entertaining videos. To see you progress through all your attempts was very inspirational. What a great piece you have made. All the thought gone into something seemingly so simple has made a great product. You are going places for sure.
JER, WHERE ARE YOU?
WE ALL MISS YOUR VIDEOS!
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Drop everything, a Jeremy Schmidt upload
Thanks, now I dropped my phone! ;-)
You're damn right.
This video was amazing.
The quality of your work is ALSO amazing.
Thanks for sharing your videos with us.
Awesome video and a great idea for something else to add to my already full pockets!
I also want to thank you for including the mistakes and showing us the design iterations. It's so helpful for people to understand that these things (designs) rarely come out right the first time. The trials and errors and the learning from those are so helpful and most of the time (from other sources) we don't get to see that and miss out on that part of the process. A great lesson to anyone who aspires to design something.
Thank you! I’m glad you found it useful.
Thank you! I’m glad you found it useful.
You can try to aply finish on the inside before glueing . It can make it easier to put in the ruler and make sure the glue won't stick. From France
Good idea
Cool man! I love the attention to detail!
I have a klein technician pouch that I use as a back pocket protector.
I keep an olfa knife, a 6" adjustable wrench, knipex pliers, a flashlight, pens, pencils, sharpies, and a 6" combination square.
I started wearing it at work then I started reaching for my wrench all the time so now I just leave it on all the time.
I went to an estate sale today and my wife told me to leave the pouch so I did. At the estate sale I found a sweet vise bolted to a table. I couldn't unbolt it because I didn't have my pocket tools.
The moral of this story is CARRY TOOLS EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME!
also I found a wrench and got the vise it's a 3" Hercules made in Canada!
This feels like a "please take my money" moment. But seriously I'd buy one of these in a heartbeat if you sold them. Convenient ways to keep rules, combination squares, calipers and marking tools at hand are in short supply and are game changers.
When in the shop, I frequently carry a nylon sleeve from a mini-Mag-lite. The sleeve holds a 4" Empire mini sliding caliper measure, and a thin, 6" , stainless ruler with sliding pocket clip. I carry the nylon sleeve in the bib pocket of overalls, but it works in a front jeans pocket, too.
I appreciate your honesty and willingness to show your mistakes. It not only prevents me from making that mistake, it gives me confidence in that if I do make a mistake, I'm not the only one!
Thank you so much Jeremy for this video.
It's really informative. You have just given us lot of experience from those mistakes that you have shown.
The technique that you use and the details that you care about is just compelling.
Good luck
Love it! Design by practical use! Well done! Love the detailed instructions and reasonings.
Nice! I have my dads rule from the 50's, its 3/4" wide, use it almost daily.... on the work table. It never entered my tiny mind to build a sheath. Great idea, fantastic project. Thanks for your vids, you have wisdom (and patience;) way beyond your years.
Hey Jeremy, I love all the little technical finesse that goes in to this object. That's real beauty to me. Keep it up!
Absolutely!
The sheath is a good idea as is the suggestion for a slot for the tweezers. I'm suggesting using a neodinium magnet to hold the rule in place instead of bending the wood. Magnets are also useful to determine ferrous and martinsitic metals from others.
Thanks! I don’t want a magnet in my pocket collecting metal shavings, nor do I want to magnetize my rule, so I’ll stick with the curved slot.
I love things that are practical and pretty. What an awesome piece, and amazing to think how much development and iteration goes into something that seems so simple on its face.
Great video 👍 it's great that you include the mistakes and show all the prototypes - it teaches younger viewers that perfection takes time.
Also, an EDC that I have used for 20+ years are precision tweezers called "Uncle Bill's Silver Grippers" they are good as is, but I sharpen the tips by using a small screw and nut to hold them closed while I grind them to a sharp point. Learned the hard way that metal splinters are tough to find and remove.
i also carry one and i thought i was the only one. i had made a simple leather sheath and it is super thin and doesn't poke or scratch things. also never had any real problems with the ruler bending.
Cool! My brother has been wanting a leather one, I’d be interested in seeing how you constructed yours. Jerswoodshop@gmail.com if you care to share a pic, if not that’s totally fine.
P.S. nice profile pic ;-)
Very nicely done. Thanks for the troubleshooting info. I appreciate that.
Almost 20 minutes doing what supposed to be a simple project and, still, is worth it every minute; not to many people can accomplish that. Thanks for sharing !
I accidentally came across your channel and think it’s awesome. I’m new at woodworking and your videos help a great deal.
This is great! So useful. So well done. The curve, the cleanout hole... Fantstic details. The minutia matters! Thanks!
Props for the Chris Reeve folder. Back in the 80s I wanted one of his one piece hollow handled fixed blades more than I wanted Tawny Kitaen. That's a lot. Great project, sir!
i hope again to see more regularly video's from you, always a joy to watch and too learn from you
Cool project. Thanks for showing the development process.
I've yet to find a stainless 6" rule with 1/10 and 1/16" on one side, and metric on the other.
Thanks again for great content. I learn a lot when you include your mistakes and how you recover from them. The explanations you give for what you do are also really valuable.
Uau Jeremy this is such a high quality video. The evolution of the design, framing of the shots, your lines, jokes and delivery, pleasant music at the end, everything. Fantastic work. You're a king.
Thank you!
I’m so glad to have you back. Please keep the videos coming.
Such a cool video and great idea. I tried it out, and instead of using the curve, I hot glued a two magnets in. It makes it a bit bulkier, but you don't have to worry about the curve as much. Additionally you can introduce a bit more space for easier access, and don't have to worry about movement thanks the the magnet. Great idea and great video nonetheless.
Wholesome and educating.
A real "solutions person".
You cause a smile, that go beyond the face. Good to see You, it's been a while.
Thank you Jeremy.
Thanks!
Dad had a clip on his Starret ruler to keep it attached to his pocket protector. I see General still does that with their 6" ruler and the clip doubles as a depth gauge. This is quite a bit stealthier and doesn't scream geek, but back then the pocket protector was the engineer's badge of honor! Nice work and detail on the iterative design process, thank you for sharing.
This is great. Think I will make one for my son, he just got hired as a machinist apprentice.
Also, very much appreciate you showing the mistakes as well, so much more inspiring than thinking things always go perfectly for the “professionals.”
You made me laugh at 4:05 with the comment you put in your video. Didn't see that anyone else had caught that, but could be wrong. I have to say that you are a genius coming up with the pocket ruler case. I would like to try and make one myself. Great work and great videos.
Nice. Cracked me up! Should made a CAD model so you/we can 3d print....I would try that put it in my shop tool belt for sure.
Thanks! Ok, you’re not the first to suggest 3D printing, so I’m gonna try to make a CAD model. I don’t have a 3D printer, but I’m assuming you just need a solid 3D component in DXF or STL for your slicing program to convert to G-code?
@@Jer_Schmidt A little late but yeah, a solid model in STL would be perfect
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I have one, and I have 3D printed it successfully. Shoot me an email if you want the STL jerswoodshop@gmail.com
@@Jer_Schmidt May i also Email you if i want a new Video? 🤔😊
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You can try, but it probably won’t help. I might make a new video soon-ish, but no promises.
we miss you Jeremy, hope you haven't given up on this your videos are fantastic and your work is second to none.
“Doesn’t hurt to go with food grade just in case”
How did you know I had to make a pb&j with my pocket ruler!? I was hungry, okay! I didn’t have anything else in the car and it worked! Even cut the sammich pretty nicely. Don’t judge me… hahahah
Quality craftsmanship... Love the channel !
Jeremy,
I want to tell you I really enjoy watching your vids. You are such a smart young man and so humble when you mess up. You are a great teacher of many things on the projects you do so please keep your videos coming. I am sure many viewers feel the same way I do. I always say there are smart people and then there are really smart people, well you are the really smart people my friend so just want to let you know I really enjoy your vids.
Thank you so much! That means a lot.
Again, very ingenious. You are a clever man with a real knack for teaching and a very cool sense of humor. Thank you for sharing both.
Very cool. Love the design process and final result!
Did not love how close your fingers were to the table saw blade at 17:15!
Thanks! That wasn’t the most comfortable cut I’ve ever made, but I wasn’t sure how else to securely hold a weirdly shaped part with a chunk of metal in it.
Great great video, the redo a classy move, the thought and detail, excellent, never a disappointment, Thanks Jer...
Jer, you’re such a perfectionist, and it shows in the quality of your work and product. Awesome as always!
The way they made this work for scabbards for swords was that the sword is a pretty loose fit in the scabbard (definitely not a friction fit), and then they add a strip of leather near the opening to create friction. That leather could also be oiled so that the sword always gets some oil on it and doesn't rust. Might be applicable here, to reduce accuracy requirements a bit.
When you press your bend on the clip, press it with a small diameter drill bit shank for the metal to roll around and you'll have a tighter radius.
Anyone else praying on everything this man will release another video? I will stay subscribed for ever.
Yay! A JS vid!
The craftsmanship shows off again... Love the dry humor. Great to see you, hope everything's well!
Thank you!
Enjoyed this project, Jeremy enjoyed watching this all come together thanks for taking the time to share this with us.
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It's beautiful! Congrats on another fine build! Sending lots of love ❤ from sunny 🌅 Arizona 🌵
Even though they're few and far between, I really enjoy your productions and projects. Thanks for sharing.
Never thought to do curves as a retention device. My go to is magnets which introduces more frustration more than solutions.
To avoid cracking, you could heat the clip with a blow torch prior to bending.
Great to see the process and mistakes and mixes. More entertaining and I think more educational as well.
Thanks. I could have made the video a lot shorter by leaving that out, so I’m hoping it’s worth it to you.
@@Jer_Schmidt Very much so.
Not just the rule bring precision in this man's workshop. Nothing is left to chance. Thanks for sharing the mistakes too, it helps :)
Excellent, as always. Think about wood as a leaf spring in many applications. Its functional and fun and could have been applied here, also, as a way to add friction.
Thanks! Since the rule is already like a leaf spring, I figured why not just take advantage of that?
@@Jer_Schmidt - Yes! Keep doing everything you are doing. We all enjoy following you.
Very nicely done Jeremy! And as other have noted, I LMAO at the wood in the pants remark!!
Missed your content and your humor! Great video man, please keep them coming!
If it’s something that’s going to see slot of use like that and it’s made of wood (or any porous material), sometimes I’ll slightly warm it up and then submerge it in an oil or wax finish. not too hot or anything just maybe 100° or 105°. Fahrenheit that is. And leave it soaking at that temperature overnight. Submerged in the material. I usually try to do this only with solid wooden objects because once the oils and wax penetrate the wood completely it could possibly have an effect on the glue bonds. But I have never really noticed much of a problem especially when it comes to titebond 2 and three. But I still avoid it unless i’ve also used a secondary method to secure the pieces together like wooden dowels, dovetails, or some type of mechanical joint. That way the glue did happen to fail, I probably wouldn’t even notice the difference. The glue is just there is excess and extra protection.
Either the butcher block finish, like you showed or the wax would’ve worked pretty well also. I make my own but it’s basically just Birchwood cassey gunstock wax with a few other additives (and a few nasty distillates removed)Also very similar to “feed-n-wax” . The only reason I make my own is because I have access to pretty much free beeswax from the guy down the road, and I used to go through gallons of conservative wax, feed and wax, and gunstock wax every year in my shop. Not only is it expensive, but this way I can tune each batch for different applications. Cooking some batches so that they stay dry paced even in the hardest of temperatures, or adding/removing things as needed for each application.
By slightly warming the wood and soaking you allow it to really suck up into the pores and fibers. And the end grain will just suck it up like a straw and disperse it more evenly.. Then of course you’ll have to wrap it up in paper towel or something absorbent for a few days so that it can draw out any of the excess. And if you leave it in the dash of your car or some thing and it gets extremely hot it might have a slight layer of wax or oil that seeps out but it will be extremely minor on something that thin
but that way if you have a busy year and forget toilet when it gets really dry, or you don’t have naturally oily hands to keep it somewhat protected… Or maybe you get caught out in the rain a lot or you sweat a lot… The wax and oils are Great protection and basically stabilizing the wood but without actually using acrylic and a vacuum pot. So the wood is still wood, and you’re not adding a ton of extra weight like real stabilization.
. Always love coming back and watching this video. You did a great job
You've brought back memories to this old geezer of watching Dennis the Menace empty his pockets. He'd inevitably pull out a frog.
Another clever design with a lot of thought put into it. Thanks again Jeremy.
Jeremy to keep the Ti from make sure the your grain direction is 90 degrees of your bend line or lay it out at a 30+ off center. When you bend with the grain especially tight bends will crack and fail keep up your awesome work Thanks Sam
Thanks for sharing the failures too, they're often more of a learning opportunity.
This is AWESOME! I don’t have all the tools to be able to make one but hopefully some day. I carry a small brass pocket caliper that’s like 3 inches long just because it’s thicker and won’t bend in my pocket.
Remarkable amount design and engineering time required to produce a useable product. I never realized just how much was required. A real eye opener.
so good to see you back . . .PDF plan sure, but I think you should be selling these!
Love seeing the iterations & the mistakes, it’s actually very encouraging to know someone as talented still screws up from time to time. Especially in these days of social media ‘perfection’ if you know what i mean.
Very cool. Nice job. Great craftsmanship.
@Jer_Schmidt Your videos are always so informative and educational. I really appreciate your precision and your jigs and templates. Just an idea, you could do a series on measurement, desiong and jigs and templates. Teach us how you are able to build with such quality. THANKS!!!
Jeremy, dude, you made my night ! A new upload in such a long time, and that (un)intentionnal joke about the 6 in of wood in your pocket. Still laughing.
I was so excited to see you had posted a new video. What an excellent video! Thank you for posting.
Thank you!
I love your videos, i learned many new things and they inspired me to repair and build. Please do more youtube videos.
Great job. Very educational and hilarious as well.
Amazing video. I love your attention to details and being honest when things don't go right.
Love the project and also the food grade finish. Because I have actually used my 6 in ruler as a fork to eat ravioli's with it .late night at the shop you have to improvise. Lol keep up the good work glad to see you backv
I agree with David Caverly, "six inches of wood .." delivered with straight face caught me unexpectedly and I laugh my arse of. Very funny.
Wisdom comes from experience, and experience comes from mistakes.
Great videos Jeremy, keep them coming.
I keep mine in my shirt pocket, to keep it there I glued a magnet to a mini bull dog clip. works a treat for my purposes. Also, I always bend the end up, for ease of picking it up off a flat surface. Nice work!
after nearly dying of laughter just after 4:03, I had to pause and scroll down to the comments.
I did the exact same thing.
Same wtf
Hey Jeremy!! It's amazing that I clicked onto your video about the 6" steel rule holder. I have had mine for a few months which so far is the longest time before it got too bent to use. So I ordered two more, (I have a thing for any ruler type instruments- (I know, weird lol) and they came in yesterday. So now I'm going through my scrap bin and I'm going to make myself a sheath too out of purple heart. As always, great content.
The mind of an Engineer never stops. Well done Jeremy!
When I first found you I binged and watched everything in one go.. so I’ve been waiting and hoping you would add more soon. I really hope you can get to a point where you just make videos all day because your channel is absolutely perfect. Keep it up my man 🤙
Enjoyed the video, Jeremy. Very well done.
Miss you Jer.
All the best for you.
If you ever redo this one day, I’ve got a lot of incredible cut off‘s from guitar making, everything from Brazilian Rosewood, striped black/white Ebony, purple heart, pink ivory, literally any exotic wood you could ever think of. Hundreds if not thousands of pounds of the stuff. Hell I love collecting exotic and semi precious materials, I have a large collection of pre-ban ivory, walrus ivy, walrus penis bone ivory, mastodon tooth and ivory, all types of coral, mother of pearls and abalones, tons of shit like that.
When I was a kid I was around a lot of knife making and exotic material because my dad was the main supplier of synthetic mother of pearl, ivory, and stabilize wood to all of the major knife manufacturers, gun grip manufacturers, and many other industries. companies like Smith and Wesson, Frost cutlery, case XX, Kershaw, Buck, and over 100 of the most well renowned professional knife makers… Most of which were the old-timers who pioneered High end art Knives and custom knife making. All of the guys who were at the first 10 or 20 blade shows and who became famous and were backordered five years with pre-orders for $3000 bowie knives and such 😂 it was so much fun being around that stuff.
Took him years and he spent his life savings developing the stuff… And He shipped it out in huge truckloads. He was one of the first folks to pioneer wood stabilizing back in the late 90s. His biggest clients were always the huge knife companies that would buy it in bulk and ship the material to China or wherever their knives were made to have it put on. But a close second is the big Knife Supply companies. Many of which are still around today. Like Jantz, Texas Knife Supply, USA knife maker, and so many others
it was a lot of fun to grow up around that stuff… And I’ve had a love and appreciation for exotic materials to this day and I have gathered a really great collection.
I also do a lot of wood stabilizing with resins in a vacuum chamber system. So I could always stabilize a few small pieces for you so that it’s completely impervious to moisture and becomes almost as tough as micarta or G10.
Another cool idea would be to make it out of Vintage Micarta like some of the beautiful original stuff. Some of the jade or aged ivory colored linen micarta is absolutely stunning and looks like a damn gemstone when contoured and polished.
Vintage looking and properly colored Micarta is a really timeless and beautiful material, but exceptionally hard to find the original antique stuff. I happen to have a lot of it mostly salvage from antique elevator electrical panels and other antique electrical control equipment. Because that’s what it was originally made for. Isolation in electrical equipment.
The stuff is going to skyrocket in price, just like Bakelite. If you want to have your mind blown look up completed eBay listings for Bakelite raw material and blanks. Rods and stuff like that. Damn I needed a Bakelite blank to restore a custom pen from the 1950s… And just for a small pen sized blank of honey colored Bakelite people are fighting over them on eBay for damn near $500. It’s just a plastic for Pete’s sake! But now it’s considered a semi precious material, and vintage micatra is soon to follow. I’ve seen old Bakelite bowling balls and alarm clocks sell on eBay for well over $1000. To be cut down and used as raw material in making new “throwback“ products like jewelry, fountain pens, and other beautiful timeless designs
So just shoot me an email or message if you ever decide to remake it or want some material to play with.
10:55 right after you made the first bend for the clip, before you go further, you should try and heat the clip with a blowtorch to a couple hundreds of degrees (red hot if it were steel, I don't know much about titanium but I guess it would be quite the same). This way, by softening the metal, the stess you have introduced in the metal by bending will be "relieved" as the atoms will rearrange and come back to a normal crystalline structure. This will make the clip not only less prone to cracking and more bendy, but also much stronger and less brittle for the future.
Jeremy, you are an artist !!!