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'Tool-shaped Object' Design Awards
Slick fences and tables on miter saws are the correct choice. Most of the time, when I am cutting to a precise line, I "sneak up" on the cut, test it, and if I need to move the board I tap it gently with one hand, often while holding it firmly with the other. I have seen most other carpenters di this as well. A tacky or rough surface would make this difficult. I don't have a problem with the material slipping as I cut unless it is quite small or oddly shaped, in which case a clamp is in order, for safety if for no other reason. The real failure on the part of these designers is the lack of a functional, convenient clamp. The ones that come with most chop saws are practically useless. They should be so convenient and intuitive that they are used whenever there is a compelling reason NOT to use them.
If want a rougher surface, I can get some psa material and attach it. For that matter, I can attach psa low-friction material if that's my thing. In either case, a smooth, even substrate is going to make it stick better and clean more easily.
Are these tools described to use just for the woodworking? Because I use quite a few of them on a daily basis and they work pretty well, for example various rotary tools and detail sanders. Perfect for finishing 3d prints, working on polyurethane models, abs tools, loads of different stuff
They sure as heck don't work on furniture. Glad to hear they work on models.
Rotary tools and die grinders aren’t the amazing do everything miracle tools that some marketing departments make them out to be, but they absolutely have their place. In metalwork especially its a sometimes tool your happy to use when just about nothing else would do.
I don't want any of these things myself, but it's more than a little bit elitist to dump all over them and then hold up Lie-Nielsen as an example of what everyone should strive to be instead. Lie-Nielsen doesn't employ tens of thousands of people and tens of thousands of people are not actively in the market for a precision ground hand plane at any given point in time so that model flat out doesn't work for everyone. If you hang a lot of doors you'll probably find yourself grabbing a screwdriver in frustration when a mortise needs a good swift whack because of some set of circumstances you didn't foresee before you lifted the thing up into position, so the existence of cheap chisels is not going to lower any bars beyond that. It's ridiculous to imply that a skilled person cannot possibly do quality maintenance work without spending thousands of dollars on things their customers will never see or care about.
"And what do you suggest people use to remove old finish from several dozen cabinet corners....?
A card scraper. $10 tool. Has worked for centuries.
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Spot on for each & every one Christopher
Grind the ‘chisel’ tip off and you have rasps with less painful to grab tips. Of course, that assumes that they are decent rasps...
Yes to almost all of this, except the most ridiculous one — the battery powered clamp. That thing is brilliant (though I don't actually trust it to work well). Clamping can often be a 3-4 hand job. With one hand, hold the object you're clamping firmly in place. With your other hand put your clamp in place. With your free [third] hand, tighten the clamp making sure you nothing moves even a little bit.
Wouldn't a quick clamp do the job most of the time?