steveb leatherworks: the blather

Had a thought as i was spending some time maintaining the points on my dividers. I know, your not surprised. If nothing else, i like to be predictable.

good to have options when you need a wrench

swivel head, straight combo, ratchet, angled ratchet, curved closed end, tappett

If like me, you use your tools alot and they get dirty and they get dull, chances are you have multiples of some of your most oft used tools. Wrenches are a favorite of mine. I like wrenches and sockets. I also like dividers.

these tools have some years on them, I use em every day

Dividers are handy when your laying out a piece of leather for an operation: cutting, punching holes, carving beveling – anytime you need to lay an even, clear line and create an edge to work from. The round caliper on the bottom is a new and very handy addition to the cast of well used characters, allowing me to now accurately punch blind holes.

Having a few dividers allows me to speed up my setup and layout of jobs, i dont have to reset my tooling – a big time waster as any tool user will attest. My old dividers are courtesy of Robert Praadke’s kind gift to me some many years back – thanks Robert – i use these bad boys all the time, the best life any tool can possibly hope for….