Spider Vise

"Puckdropper" wrote ...
> Just checked out Lee Valley's "new product."
>
> It looks like it might actually work and be useful at times. Wonder if it
> would hold something steady enough to plane it?
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=70655&c=
>
> Maybe if we try adding enough of them to the cart, Lee Valley will make it
> available. *g*
>
Just to show you how on top of it I am today, I totally forgot their annual
April Fools Lee Valley Tool. This is one of the most elaborate ones they
have done. The writing is always a dead give away. There are numerous
comments that show they are having a little fun.

And it is interesting that they have this little tradition. It shows that
these guys not only have a sense of humor, but THEY ARE TOOLMAKERS. So they
can can actually build a working model. Lee Valley is a class organization.

And even though this tool seems hopelessly specialized, I am sure that a few
folks could actually use this. Particularly folks who do segmented bowl
turnings.

On Mon, 1 Apr 2013 15:05:33 -0400, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at
comcast dot net> wrote:

>
>
>"Puckdropper" wrote ...
>> Just checked out Lee Valley's "new product."
>>
>> It looks like it might actually work and be useful at times. Wonder if it
>> would hold something steady enough to plane it?
>>
>> http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=70655&c=
>>
>> Maybe if we try adding enough of them to the cart, Lee Valley will make it
>> available. *g*
>>
>Just to show you how on top of it I am today, I totally forgot their annual
>April Fools Lee Valley Tool. This is one of the most elaborate ones they
>have done. The writing is always a dead give away. There are numerous
>comments that show they are having a little fun.
>
>And it is interesting that they have this little tradition. It shows that
>these guys not only have a sense of humor, but THEY ARE TOOLMAKERS. So they
>can can actually build a working model. Lee Valley is a class organization.
>
>And even though this tool seems hopelessly specialized, I am sure that a few
>folks could actually use this. Particularly folks who do segmented bowl
>turnings.

Did you watch the video? Several real life examples of how useful it could be.
Even holds a pointy stick so you can sharpen it with a plane making it a
pointier stick.

Click on the "add to cart" button and you get a description of the requirements
for their annual AFD tools.

Glad to see there is still at least one company on the earth where it is ok to
have a little fun while at work.


Regards,
Roy

This vise is amazing. I can't imagine that it either a) hasn't been
invented by someone already, or b) a similar version won't find its way
into the real market.

My favorite April Fool's Tool so far has been the 12-setting mortise
gauge, the "Dodeca-gauge". A true work of the toolmaker's art.

http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=51633&cat=1,42936

On 01 Apr 2013 16:21:52 GMT, Puckdropper
<puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

>Just checked out Lee Valley's "new product."
>
>It looks like it might actually work and be useful at times. Wonder if it
>would hold something steady enough to plane it?
>
>http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=70655&c=
>
>Maybe if we try adding enough of them to the cart, Lee Valley will make it
>available. *g*
>
>Puckdropper

I WON! We had a bet at work re: when somebody would post this.

Thansk PD.

-Zz