Not wanting to get accused as a 'pencil' nerd, but I would as a Staedler white artists pencil and a silver Sharpie to the recommendation list. Perfect for marking dark materials. For gaps I like Nick Ferry's tip for using playing cards.
Great video, Peter. Didn’t even know those packer things were a thing! Can think of multiple uses for those. Just on the Sharpie though, well worth having some silver Sharpies too. Superb for marking on dark surfaces.
To me, there is no better pencil than an IKEA pencil. Every time I pop in (which is pretty much every day for my free coffee) I grab a couple so I have them laying around everywhere. It's not the best quality, but as they say, the best pencil is the one you have with you!
Got to say I absolutely love my Stanley Quickslide, best knife i've ever owned. I "inherited" it when a plumber doing some work on our house left it behind. I've felt guilty ever since for depriving him of such a excellent tool.
Another great gift for woodworkers and it may sound silly but various assortment of screws. My wife got me about five boxes of different size screws and each box containing 1200 screws.
hi Peter great video makes it easy to show family members and wife .we ARE easy to buy for just watch this video (thanks).the pencil sharpener you showed are brilliant . Every now and again Lidl sell their own make at a very competitive price. which I have used for many many years (not the battery one which does not work very well ) once again good work thanks best regards Shaun 😀😀
Peter: Love the tape measure with the internal measurement thingy... never seen THAT before on this side of the pond! Personal pencil nerd-ery graphite-edd me to the Papermate Sharpwriter... its twist-out style lead advancement is far superior to the type with a click-out mechanism IMHO. If the pen is mightier than the sword it makes me wonder what the pencil can conquer :-) Best,
Coloured pencils from... Yep, Lidles. Get the chunky 10 mm or 12 ish hexagonal xsection ones. Perfect for marking wood, including walnut, or marking MDF. You get a pack of 6 or so, and all different colours. The lead doesn't break, and of course they are cheap.
Another Excellent video Peter, peaked my interest with the hinge marker! Also you can’t beat a bit of pencil nerdery!! #picadry although a Norris 2H in the workshop is pretty hard to beat!!😂😂
Some nice ideas there Peter - my family hate buying stuff for me. If I need it I buy it and my current unmet needs are ‘indulgent’ which scares them off, so they default to socks and aftershave.
Thanks Norman! I think most of us have that kind of problem, so I thought this list may help. There’s another up on Friday with a few less obvious gifts for woodworkers 👍
Paint pyramids would be on my list of suggestions. Only recently discovered and so useful. Axminster is one store/brand, there are others. Also Trigrips from Rutlands are a bit more expensive, £23, but so versatile.
I cannot wait for the ruler vid. I've ordered the metric square. Not sure it will help my skills but at least my lines will be straight. Loved the vid thanks
When I was a kid some 30ish years ago, they used to sell tape measures that had a window on the top with a red line. The tape had a scale on the top for outside measurements, and one on the bottom that was offset (by roughly the length of the housing) and visible in that window for inside measurements. I don’t know how accurate those were but I remember finding them fascinating (to the point I took one apart and never got back together properly enough for the inside measurements to be reliable; my dad wasn’t too pleased with that).
Cult pens is a good company, I've used them a few times now as I prefer a fountain pen to a ball point. The Norris Pencils are the only wood pencil I'll use now, cheap ones never last. I generally use a simple Pentel P200 mechanical pencil. I usually have a 0.3 and 0.5 on hand and they only cost about £2-3 on the highstreet and I have a slightly fancier Rotring one too.
Skeletools also rust in the pivot area. It's very annoying since I carry one on my bicycle and inevitably it ends up getting damp if not wet. Mind you, the same is true of a disappointing number of other "stainless steel" or more expensive material bicycle specific tools. It's just annoying to pay a premium for a non-rusting tool then discover that it rusts.
I'd ask my money back. if they ask a premium price for a product you should get a premium quality. Getting rusty tools you can buy for a fraction of the premium tools.
😂 Good! Don’t forget to follow the links in the description. It doesn’t cost you anything, but I get a few pennies back from each purchase and it all goes to support the channel 👍
Hey peter, much appreciate your quality videos. Absolute joy to watch mate. Merry Christmas for when it arrives & Keep them coming please! :) & unsure if others are getting this problem but the uk link to the Hinge drilling guide doesn’t seem to be working? Il search one up anyway, again thanks & take care pete👍🏻
Peter have you ever thought of doing a tape measure video? ...perhaps to combine a review of different types of tape measure as well as the dos and don'ts of how to measure properly. I think it would be really useful 👍
Love your channel Peter, know you were questioning its viability--hanging in there, I hope. As to the pencils, have to disagree. I got them based on your recommendation. No eraser! I make mistakes, plenty of them.
That's Awl folks,, you ever use a speed square Peter , kinda like an ordinary square only faster ,now if i could only cut strait that would be awl i need ...:)
I have one (somewhere) but just never got on with it. I know they do all kinds of fancy stuff that I’ll never use like calculating angles for a pitched roof etc. but I never really ‘got it’ 🤔
Great gift list. Thanks for sharing. I ran in to the Mirock's channel about a year ago. What are that plastickpackers at 9:25 used for? saw you using it as a shim (the 1.5 mm) for the cabinet doors and the 4 mm for scribing the backside of the "floating" shelf because of the uneveness of the wall. But there you use 1 and in that bag are 50 pieces or so. Why do they have that special shape? And is the thickness everywhere (on the whole surface) exactly the same? It seems that the part where the "1" is written in the yellow packer is slightly thinner.
Thanks Hans. The packers are used as shims for whatever you need - levelling things up, gauging distance/ gaps etc... I use the 2mm as a rough guide to allow for the saw kerf in my plunge saw. You may get a bag of 50 but only 10 of each size, and they do get used up. The horseshoe shape is so they can be applied around eg a screw, to pack out eg a window or door frame. The uneven surface is so they can be glued in place if needs be. And whatever thickness, the have a wedge shape at the open end of the horseshoe so they can be made into a ‘tweenee’ size if needed 👍
Thanks for the vast and fast explanation. I now visited the link you provided. There are 100 pieces in the bag for 9 GBP. Pretty cheap. About 15 months ago I bought in Germany 6 plastic shims, each a rectangle of 5x10 cm and a thickness varying from 1 to 6 mm. They were quite expensive in my eyes (about 3.80 Euro's for the set) but I use them a lot. I use them only for temporary setups, It's easier to clamp a shim of a certain thickness to a clamp than moving the fence of the bandsaw the same distance. I bought two sets that time. One set is still untouched, the other one is permanently on stand-by.
Hello Peter, I have been looking around your videos and wondered if you ever talk about the wood glue (PVA 10 min - Im guessing) you use? It would be great to get a recommendation? Thanks
Hi Edward. No, I don't think I ever have, specifically. It's been on my list to do a fast-grab PVA test, but honestly I struggle to think of a way to make it interesting! For a long time I used PolyTen PVA amzn.to/2RaQ6fR and it's still a great adhesive. I've been given all kinds along the way and they've all been good as well. More recently I've been using Maxitek storm D4, which is good - bit.ly/StormD4PVA - but honestly I don't think I've ever come across a bad one, though I had some everbuild D4 from toolstation that went 'off' and stank when I used it! Hope that helps, Peter
Pencil nerds? Hahaha...would have never guessed they actually existed. You should do a video on power tool recommendations. Ive been a good boy this year santa. If I can't have a table saw, will you send me a hot blonde? You don't even have to grap her up.
Phil Makes Things ive been on a bit of a pencil man hunt the last few weeks, stopping at every stationary I saw. I thought I was going a bit funny in the head. I hope I don't end up with a bic addiction when it comes to pens.
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Not wanting to get accused as a 'pencil' nerd, but I would as a Staedler white artists pencil and a silver Sharpie to the recommendation list. Perfect for marking dark materials. For gaps I like Nick Ferry's tip for using playing cards.
Good call, never thought if white or silver 👍
Great video, Peter. Didn’t even know those packer things were a thing! Can think of multiple uses for those. Just on the Sharpie though, well worth having some silver Sharpies too. Superb for marking on dark surfaces.
Good point - I’ll be sure to add the to this years Christmas gift idea vid 👍👍
To me, there is no better pencil than an IKEA pencil. Every time I pop in (which is pretty much every day for my free coffee) I grab a couple so I have them laying around everywhere. It's not the best quality, but as they say, the best pencil is the one you have with you!
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Got to say I absolutely love my Stanley Quickslide, best knife i've ever owned. I "inherited" it when a plumber doing some work on our house left it behind. I've felt guilty ever since for depriving him of such a excellent tool.
I’m sure he’s bought another one by now 😂👍
Another great gift for woodworkers and it may sound silly but various assortment of screws. My wife got me about five boxes of different size screws and each box containing 1200 screws.
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hi Peter great video makes it easy to show family members and wife .we ARE easy to buy for just watch this video (thanks).the pencil sharpener you showed are brilliant . Every now and again Lidl sell their own make at a very competitive price. which I have used for many many years (not the battery one which does not work very well ) once again good work thanks best regards Shaun 😀😀
Thanks! Links to everything mentioned in the description, btw👍
Hinge jig is my founding here. Ordered already. Thanks!
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Peter: Love the tape measure with the internal measurement thingy... never seen THAT before on this side of the pond! Personal pencil nerd-ery graphite-edd me to the Papermate Sharpwriter... its twist-out style lead advancement is far superior to the type with a click-out mechanism IMHO. If the pen is mightier than the sword it makes me wonder what the pencil can conquer :-)
Best,
Thanks! Ooo! twist- out lead advancement, haven’t come across that before. Must check it out 👍😬
Coloured pencils from... Yep, Lidles. Get the chunky 10 mm or 12 ish hexagonal xsection ones. Perfect for marking wood, including walnut, or marking MDF. You get a pack of 6 or so, and all different colours. The lead doesn't break, and of course they are cheap.
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Some good ideas thank you Peter, I purchased a Klein Tools 6m tape measure, not cheap but it has a magnet on the end which is very strong.
Cheers Ray - like the magnet idea 👍👍
Idk why you don't have more subscriber's than you do. Keep up the good work, I always enjoy watching you videos Peter.
Haha, well that's the question, isn't it?? Pleased to be growing steadily, and I'm very happy that so many people visit regularly. 👍 And thanks!
Love the humor. Thanks for this video!
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love the hinge jig , great video
Thanks! One of my most used little jigs 👍
Peter the punster... Great video, Peter - and not just for crimbo. All the best.
Thanks!👍
this video is a great idea. honored to be a part of it!
Thanks Tim! Great product, can’t wait to get my metric #SqWAYre 👍
Great video Peter. I passed it on to my wife for my wishlist.
Excellent, thanks! Links to everything in the video description 👍
I order Mitsubishi pencils from Japan. They take about three weeks to arrive here in Maryland. But no, I’m not a pencil nerd, hahaha!
I don't know if they´ll ever arrive to you. Mitsubishi only has wheels, no wings LOL
Another Excellent video Peter, peaked my interest with the hinge marker!
Also you can’t beat a bit of pencil nerdery!! #picadry although a Norris 2H in the workshop is pretty hard to beat!!😂😂
Thanks! And yes, love a Norris 👍
Some nice ideas there Peter - my family hate buying stuff for me. If I need it I buy it and my current unmet needs are ‘indulgent’ which scares them off, so they default to socks and aftershave.
Thanks Norman! I think most of us have that kind of problem, so I thought this list may help. There’s another up on Friday with a few less obvious gifts for woodworkers 👍
Paint pyramids would be on my list of suggestions. Only recently discovered and so useful. Axminster is one store/brand, there are others. Also Trigrips from Rutlands are a bit more expensive, £23, but so versatile.
Thanks! Hadn’t seen trigrips, they look interesting 👍
I cannot wait for the ruler vid. I've ordered the metric square. Not sure it will help my skills but at least my lines will be straight. Loved the vid thanks
Thanks! Yeah, the Mirok ruler is great, used it a fe times now I have my mechanical pencils ✏️😆👍
keep up the good videos in 2018, Merry Christmas to you Peter and all.
Thanks! 👍
Very interesting. Thanks for posting Peter.
Mike B
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Just ordered two awl's at 19 pence each, free postage (if you order 1 at a time otherwise it adds £3,99 P&P).
What a world! Makes my head hurt trying to figure out the economics of it all! 👍
Crazy, isn't it. Ridiculous price. I cannot see how they can make a profit.
When I was a kid some 30ish years ago, they used to sell tape measures that had a window on the top with a red line. The tape had a scale on the top for outside measurements, and one on the bottom that was offset (by roughly the length of the housing) and visible in that window for inside measurements. I don’t know how accurate those were but I remember finding them fascinating (to the point I took one apart and never got back together properly enough for the inside measurements to be reliable; my dad wasn’t too pleased with that).
Fisco (I think) do one, and Festool did a re-brand of it a few years back. 👍
Stanley also do one - www.amazon.co.uk/Stanley-033932-Powerlock-Tape-Reader about £13.00, very good.
Brilliant video peter 👍
Thanks Lee 👍
Cult pens is a good company, I've used them a few times now as I prefer a fountain pen to a ball point.
The Norris Pencils are the only wood pencil I'll use now, cheap ones never last. I generally use a simple Pentel P200 mechanical pencil. I usually have a 0.3 and 0.5 on hand and they only cost about £2-3 on the highstreet and I have a slightly fancier Rotring one too.
Nice! 👍
Skeletools also rust in the pivot area. It's very annoying since I carry one on my bicycle and inevitably it ends up getting damp if not wet. Mind you, the same is true of a disappointing number of other "stainless steel" or more expensive material bicycle specific tools. It's just annoying to pay a premium for a non-rusting tool then discover that it rusts.
Sorry to hear. Never get mine wet so not an issue, but understand how it could be 👍
I'd ask my money back. if they ask a premium price for a product you should get a premium quality. Getting rusty tools you can buy for a fraction of the premium tools.
Thanks Peter, you've given me some good ideas of what I can buy as pressies for err, um ..........................me! 🤣🤣
😂 Good! Don’t forget to follow the links in the description. It doesn’t cost you anything, but I get a few pennies back from each purchase and it all goes to support the channel 👍
Hey peter, much appreciate your quality videos. Absolute joy to watch mate. Merry Christmas for when it arrives & Keep them coming please! :) & unsure if others are getting this problem but the uk link to the Hinge drilling guide doesn’t seem to be working? Il search one up anyway, again thanks & take care pete👍🏻
Thanks! Weird about the link. This should be the one - amzn.to/2oYBHqk - same as the link on YT, works OK here 👍
Awl that’s a great video! Lol. I am a mechanical pencil guy. Hate to keep sharpening.
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Very useful list, thank you
Pleasure 👍
Such a useful video, thank you!
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Peter have you ever thought of doing a tape measure video? ...perhaps to combine a review of different types of tape measure as well as the dos and don'ts of how to measure properly. I think it would be really useful 👍
I haven’t, but I’ll give it some thought! 👍
Very useful - let's hope Santa brings me some of these :-) Mike
Santa might just need a prod, and be shown the links in the video description 👍
Slipped up on this one,no mention of right angle 1/4" ratchet drivers! Saved embarrassment on more than one occasion!🤔🤔🤔🤗🤗🤗
There’s a part 2. Just sayin’... 😆 Also this one was more measuring & marking tools 👍
Great as ever.
Thanks! 👍
Hi peter brilliant channel very helpful ,what to you use to do up your drawings or plans is there a program
Thanks! I have just the video for you - Super simple 2D plans, ruclips.net/video/MjQmsu3TmsE/видео.html 👍👍
Thank you
Love your channel Peter, know you were questioning its viability--hanging in there, I hope. As to the pencils, have to disagree. I got them based on your recommendation. No eraser! I make mistakes, plenty of them.
Thanks! And sorry about the eraser-less Staedtler Norris - They donthem with an eraser, I just don’t like ‘em 😬👍
That's Awl folks,, you ever use a speed square Peter , kinda like an ordinary square only faster ,now if i could only cut strait that would be awl i need ...:)
I have one (somewhere) but just never got on with it. I know they do all kinds of fancy stuff that I’ll never use like calculating angles for a pitched roof etc. but I never really ‘got it’ 🤔
I had one then bought another. Find them so useful. I’m not a roofer but I suppose it’s different strokes for different folks.
Hi peter will you do a vid on what tools to have in your bag.tim
Already did a ‘what’s in the box’ vid a while back. Planning on working my way around them one by one 👍
Great gift list. Thanks for sharing. I ran in to the Mirock's channel about a year ago. What are that plastickpackers at 9:25 used for? saw you using it as a shim (the 1.5 mm) for the cabinet doors and the 4 mm for scribing the backside of the "floating" shelf because of the uneveness of the wall. But there you use 1 and in that bag are 50 pieces or so.
Why do they have that special shape? And is the thickness everywhere (on the whole surface) exactly the same? It seems that the part where the "1" is written in the yellow packer is
slightly thinner.
Thanks Hans. The packers are used as shims for whatever you need - levelling things up, gauging distance/ gaps etc... I use the 2mm as a rough guide to allow for the saw kerf in my plunge saw. You may get a bag of 50 but only 10 of each size, and they do get used up. The horseshoe shape is so they can be applied around eg a screw, to pack out eg a window or door frame. The uneven surface is so they can be glued in place if needs be. And whatever thickness, the have a wedge shape at the open end of the horseshoe so they can be made into a ‘tweenee’ size if needed 👍
Thanks for the vast and fast explanation. I now visited the link you provided. There are 100 pieces in the bag for 9 GBP. Pretty cheap.
About 15 months ago I bought in Germany 6 plastic shims, each a rectangle of 5x10 cm and a thickness varying from 1 to 6 mm.
They were quite expensive in my eyes (about 3.80 Euro's for the set) but I use them a lot. I use them only for temporary setups,
It's easier to clamp a shim of a certain thickness to a clamp than moving the fence of the bandsaw the same distance.
I bought two sets that time. One set is still untouched, the other one is permanently on stand-by.
Hello Peter, I have been looking around your videos and wondered if you ever talk about the wood glue (PVA 10 min - Im guessing) you use? It would be great to get a recommendation? Thanks
Hi Edward. No, I don't think I ever have, specifically. It's been on my list to do a fast-grab PVA test, but honestly I struggle to think of a way to make it interesting! For a long time I used PolyTen PVA amzn.to/2RaQ6fR and it's still a great adhesive. I've been given all kinds along the way and they've all been good as well. More recently I've been using Maxitek storm D4, which is good - bit.ly/StormD4PVA - but honestly I don't think I've ever come across a bad one, though I had some everbuild D4 from toolstation that went 'off' and stank when I used it! Hope that helps, Peter
thanks for help on notifications but still cant sort it was not notified of this video just found it
Sorry to hear. Notifications are a mess. New vids up Fridays at noon GMT👍
Lol I've literally just bought another 50 Noris pencils for £4.99 Inc delivery from eBay 😀
Bargain! 😆👍
Just bought the awl but it’s gone up to 99p.
Outrageous! 😂👍
I just bought one from the link provided, 88p & free p&p
Mirock tools are dynamite.
That are excellent. 👍
No Festool?
Not on this list, no. Strictly cheap & cheerful 👍
Miroсk - steeper Festооl
Was thinking more of festool pencils or rule... well within budget
Pencil nerds? Hahaha...would have never guessed they actually existed. You should do a video on power tool recommendations. Ive been a good boy this year santa. If I can't have a table saw, will you send me a hot blonde? You don't even have to grap her up.
me aul jazzer Pencil nerds (graphite nerdieate) are very real... Very real indeed.
Phil Makes Things ive been on a bit of a pencil man hunt the last few weeks, stopping at every stationary I saw. I thought I was going a bit funny in the head. I hope I don't end up with a bic addiction when it comes to pens.
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OK muy bueno, gracias por sus videos, OK very good, thanks for your videos
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