I was thinking the same thing Jordan. But a scratch stock would be cool.
Jim

 

My vote is for a grease box. I've got some English walnut that I'd love to take from log to project.

 

Not sure if I can do another swap right now, guess it will depend on the time frame but a grease box would be my choice then we can all go dog pile Mafe's grease box club.
http://lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/19229

 

Just received my impeccably made square and marking gauge from

Shane. Thank you very much for your hard work and attention

to detail, I'm guessing it's bocote? The lack of tear out, splits

and nicks is kind of weird as the square and gauge seem to be

made by CNC. Fine craftsmanship Shane!

 

Very nice… great bonus item..

 

Nice score there Waho!

 

Great work Shane!! Received my squares and french curve from Tim and about to take them out to the shop/take some pics… Won the Ebay sconces from fellow LJ and big inspiration of mine Steve Ramsey of Woodworking for Mere Mortals so that will be coming here in a couple as well… Absolutely thrilled and wanted to plant the bug for a future swap where great tools and meager attempts are duplicated for the purpose of Ebay sale/donation to a great cause same as this was… Thanks,

http://www.woodworkingformeremortals.com/2014/02/candle-wall-sconces.html

 

Thank you folks!

 

Glad it arrived safely. Honestly, I am not sure what it is made out of. I picked it up outta the Cocobola bin, pricey stuff. Got up to the counter and it rang up as Zircote. Was confuses me is the board was a dark brown, but when I started cutting and working on it, the fresh edges were similar in color to Zebrawood, which it is not. But most cocobola that I have seen has been dark brown. So I am actually not real sure what you got there. The gauge blade comes from Hamilton tools, most of the other parts I got from McMaster Carr. The brass pins were a gift from Terry R. The metal for the square blade is O1 steel that came in a Starrett wrapper? I was actually surprised that it was somewhat square…lol.

Hope you enjoy. I made an additional gauge and several squares. Will post pics someday.

 

There are some seriously talented and thoughtful people on this thread.

Great work Shane.

 

Your efforts are appreciated ShaneA!

The slide on the gauge is like silk and the finish on

both projects is incredible. Very nice work.

Thanks again bro.

 

I just got my package from Canada, and it came with this awesome gnarly oak with purpleheart inlay square and golden ratio marking hoosit. Both are of excellent craftsmanship and I am proud to have them in my shop. Thanks LakeLover for making such awesome items and sending them my way. I will be sure to make good use of them as I continue to learn and improve as a woodworker.

Also, glad to hear you're pleased with my items, Sanding2day. May they bring you much productivity and usefulness as you use them in the futures.

And good work to everyone else who has sent items, they all look wonderful.

 

Great work Lakelover!

Now you can have your proportions at the ready Tim, nice score.

 

Nice work everyone

 

Beautiful square and 'hoosit' Tim. Well done LakeLover!

 

Here are some pictures of the squares and french curve Tim sent me… Have not yet found a good home. May very well require building their own home but for now they are comfortable on the layout table Look the garage door is open… Spring may actually come at some point Thanks again Tim!!!

 

Lots of great craftsmanship showing up in here today!

 

Tim. Glad they made it and glad you like them.

Thanks Candy and Wahoo.

AirFramer I agree. Lots of great work here. These swaps are great for skill building and show some comeradre as well. A win - win in my books.

My wife does not even think I am crazy, sending and receiving tools from imaginary friends. 3x win.

 

Alright, mine is in the mail today…

2 days late you say? Yes. When I contacted Jordan to tell him my unexpected "deployment" got extended by 3 weeks and my tool was only 50% completed before I left, he insisted that as long as I could get back in a reasonable time that I should stay in the swap. Well, I got back last Saturday and worked my butt off to get it done and in the mail. It is now on its way to its recipient.

Thanks again for a great swap Jordan!

Cheers,

 

Sanding2day, they look really nice on the dark board in the second pic. Like they are on display to show them off!

"My wife does not even think I am crazy because of sending and receiving tools from imaginary friends."
Editted for accuracy. She's known it for a long long time LakeLover.

Your recipient will be glad you stuck with it Andy. The plane you made was definitely worth waiting for!
Edit spelling

 

Candy, how is the plane holding up? I have often thought about making myself one of those…

 

Andy, it took me two attempts (because I didn't know what I was doing)to patch the dings on the sole that I made. I am just now giving it a work out on something other than a hunk of firewood. Using it to flatten a work table hubby made of laminated 2×4's. She's working great! I really like the lightness of the plane! Doing the flattening gives me a workout, not moving the plane. Guess I'm not a 'heft and hubris' kind of woodworker ;-)

Thanks again!

 

I knew you could pull through Andy..
I'm excited..,

 

Candy, what you like about the plane is what I was most worried about! It came in at just under 4 lb. I thought about adding lead weights, but it was too late once I realized it. If I make one for myself, I will probably bore out some holes in the infill and fill them with metal. It seems you were the perfect recipient for my plane

Jordan, don't be TOO excited… I don't want to get your hopes up

Cheers,

 

This came from John Cobb about a week ago.

The timing was perfect as I am working on dovetails on a tool cabinet and needed to get away from my steel Try Square save the edge on my marking knife.

This is what it replaced