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Dealmonger: Lee Valley Books $6 Each
Lee Valley has four discontinued books on sale (they bought remaindered stock) for $6 or less each. The two that I find most interesting, pictured above, cover building workshop workstations and...
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The Floa Constrictor
How many times do you run back and forth setting up sprinklers before you get the coverage just right? Normally, if you’re not looking for a soaking, you can go all the way back to the spigot on the...
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A Better Christmas Light Hook
Putting up Halloween decorations today reminded me it won’t be long before I’ll be struggling with hanging the Christmas lights. I’m always looking for a better way to hang lights, and I think these...
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Flexible Japanese Square
Imagine bending the stock of your carpenter’s square so that the tongue sat flat on the workpiece while you held it square to the edge. Now imagine going to the hardware store to buy a new square...
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It’s Just Cool: Spill Plane
Few things in woodworking are more satisfying than making a perfect paper-thin shaving with a well-maintained plane. If you’re using a spill plane you’re actually trying to make special shavings...
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Dealmonger: Grip-Tite Sockets 7-Piece Set
Lee Valley currently has the 7-piece Grip-Tite™ socket set for just $19.50. Labeled “A” in the picture above, it has seven sockets (3/8″, 7/16″ (11mm), 1/2″, 9/16″, 5/8″ (16mm), 11/16″, and 3/4″...
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Dealmonger: Nut And Bolt Identifier $13.50
Until January 24, 2010, Lee Valley has an introductory price of $13.50 (the regular price will be $18.50) for the Thread I.D.™ Nut and Bolt Indentifier*. It includes a plate with 28 tapped holes: 10...
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More Accessories For Your Dog Holes
Veritas’ new Bench Blades use a cam that can apply up to 300 lbs of clamping force to keep your latest project from moving around the bench. Fitting into most 3/4″ dog holes, these modified bench dogs...
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Hot Or Not? Heated Hose
If there was ever a product crying out to be in the Hot Or Not category, it has to be this one. Lee Valley has 25′ and 50′ versions of this reinforced PVC hose with embedded heating cables that will...
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The MJ Splitter SteelPRO
Building upon their MJ Splitter that we featured yesterday, Micro Jig recently introduced the MJ Splitter SteelPRO. Both of these products are designed to be inserted into a zero-clearance insert on...
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Veritas Detail Rabbet Planes
It’s not exactly a Dealmonger, but Lee Valley does have an introductory price on their Veritas® Detail Rabbet Planes. These patented, made-in-Canada planes come in five widths (1/4″, 5/16″ (8mm),...
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April Fools Joke Turns Real: The Story Tape
On this last April Fools Day, Lee Valley continued their tradition of intriguing but fake products by posting the precision story tape. Now after the joke has blown over, they’ve actually made a small...
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Rubber Cord Tie Down System
Can you ever find the right size bungee cord when you need it? Half the time you need to stretch the cord past its limit or wrap it around strange places to take up the slack. With Lee Valley’s rubber...
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Dealmonger: Variable Heat Gun $19.95
While supplies last, Lee Valley has a 1200W heat gun for $19.95. This gun has a two-speed fan (7.3 and 15 cfm) and a dial-operated variable-heat control, shown below, from 110° F to 930° F (45° C to...
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Reproducing A Badger Plane
The latest Lee Valley Woodworking Newsletter (Vol. 4, Issue 5, May 2010) has a great article on how Konrad Sauer reproduced a handled badger plane. Badger planes, “generally considered to be Scottish...
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Store The Extra Cord On Your Yard Tools
It’s bad enough that you have to drag the extension cord around to use non-battery powered electric yard tools, but you still have to figure out where you’re going to store that extra cord when you’re...
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Hide The Cables That Clutter Your Desk
Some people go to great lengths to keep their work space clean and free of clutter. This may not characterize your habits, but I think we all can agree that a mess of cables on your desk not only...
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Where’d The Handle Go?
We’re trained to think that a woodworking chisel needs a wood or even a plastic handle. The question is why? One reason is that a good handle will give you finer control of the chisel, but if you...
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That’s One Slick Chisel!
There comes a time when you realize that using your regular chisels on large timbers is a fruitless endeavor. While a 1″ blade might cut a notch in 4×8 timber in a few hours, you might as well try to...
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Magnetic Drawing Tool
Lee Valley just posted a straightedge that uses magnets to hold a steel rule at many commonly-used angles, including ones for isometric drawing. Hmm — the last time I made an isometric drawing by hand,...
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You Won’t Lose These Chisel Guards
Those clear plastic guards that come with some chisels are way too easy to lose. Only friction holds them in place and they’re so light, you can’t hear them drop to the floor and bounce under the...
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Make Your Own Bar Gauge
Smart woodworkers know that the less you use your tape measure or rule, the fewer mistakes you make. That’s one good reason to use a bar gauge instead. A bar gauge is simply an adjustable length...
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Finger Files
Made in Japan and sold by Lee Valley, these finger files allow you to shape wood in tight places, and being smaller than a full-sized file, they might offer a bit more control. The coated stainless...
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Turn Your Chisel Into A Plane
This cast-iron chisel holder from Veritas converts a 1″ beveled edge chisel into a rabbet or shoulder plane. The 1-3/8″ wide by 5-1/2″ long by 2-1/2″ high chisel holder grips the chisel at a 45º angle...
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No, It’s Not Ikea: A Sweet Kids’ Bench
This isn’t a crappy little painted-pine toy bench like you see at the big boxes. Leave it to Lee Valley to recommend a kids’ bench that you’d be proud to use as an adult. They claim it’s “solidly...
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