Pictured below are a few odds and ends that I have recently added to the tool kit.
The squeezy bulb blower was bought to blow away the odd bits of sawdust and ratline trimmings from the deck. It is completely useless! A flatulent gnat would be more effective. At the other end of the scale is the electric dust blower that I subsequently bought. I think this is powered by a recycled aero engine. It needs to be used at long range and effectively achieved the deck cleaning objective. If used at short range and set on full stun on a ship rigged with sails it would probably propel it off a bookcase at about 30 knots. It is generally useful around the house: dusting behind appliances and blasting out lost teaspoons and ball point pens from under the microwave.
The mini rotary tool is a repeat buy. I found the first one so useful that I bought another to reduce the number of collet changes for different bit sizes.
The small chuck will fit the rotary tool. It will hold bits in the range 0.3 - 3.2 but is not entirely successful. Either it, or the collet I put it in is slightly eccentric so there is a lot of vibration and the tip of a drill bit performs an orbit. It might be better in a full size Dremel or electric drill bu I have not tried it yet.
The saw is a substitute for a full size fretsaw frame. It is much easier to wield.
Finally the red item is one of a set of extra long needle threaders. It is infinitely better than the flimsy silvery things (also pictured). It has a well pointed end and the wire is firmly anchored in the plastic handle.
The squeezy bulb blower was bought to blow away the odd bits of sawdust and ratline trimmings from the deck. It is completely useless! A flatulent gnat would be more effective. At the other end of the scale is the electric dust blower that I subsequently bought. I think this is powered by a recycled aero engine. It needs to be used at long range and effectively achieved the deck cleaning objective. If used at short range and set on full stun on a ship rigged with sails it would probably propel it off a bookcase at about 30 knots. It is generally useful around the house: dusting behind appliances and blasting out lost teaspoons and ball point pens from under the microwave.
The mini rotary tool is a repeat buy. I found the first one so useful that I bought another to reduce the number of collet changes for different bit sizes.
The small chuck will fit the rotary tool. It will hold bits in the range 0.3 - 3.2 but is not entirely successful. Either it, or the collet I put it in is slightly eccentric so there is a lot of vibration and the tip of a drill bit performs an orbit. It might be better in a full size Dremel or electric drill bu I have not tried it yet.
The saw is a substitute for a full size fretsaw frame. It is much easier to wield.
Finally the red item is one of a set of extra long needle threaders. It is infinitely better than the flimsy silvery things (also pictured). It has a well pointed end and the wire is firmly anchored in the plastic handle.
