You can get fastcap tapes in the UK. I love the blue ones - pure mm. I think they are fab!

Merry Christmas!

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How large is it?

Some rubber mating (sold in Dyas and others) would prevent damage to chisels etc

Most of this is on Temu for 1/4 of the price. I’ve bought Amazon versions of a few of these and they’re honestly the same products. All made in China let’s be honest. Great list though!

The citrus countersinlk had a really goofy angle on it.

Thanks Mark for yet another great video, I was very disappointed to hear that's not real fur on my sandpaper, I've been saving all my old paper to make a winter coat! Happy Christmas be kind to yourself, and, as always stay lucky.

Great!

Why on earth do we still have tapes with imperial measurements on in the U.K.! A tape wouldn’t even make the long list if it wasn’t metric only and if it wasn’t metric all 4 sides it wouldn’t make the short list! 🙄

Great vid. One bit made me spit my coffee out. You got me looking at tape dispensers. I’ve found one that does three 25mm tapes on the same dispenser. And one that does 50mm tapes by the same company. BD50 and PD351 from ‘pack solution’ best prices that I could find.

Another great video Mark…. Santa has already been very good to me a new job site saw just arrived this morning only 4 weeks waiting lol funny enough the same as yours I look forward to to building its very own mobile work bench

Why not pour a concrete slab floor?

Mark great video a couple of great ideas that I’ve never thought of as gifts. Thanks for sharing and Happy Holidays to you and your family

I'm amazed that you don't have more subscribers. I live in the backwards imperial USA and I use both systems. Sometimes something I measure ends up exactly xx millimeters so I just use it. Especially if I have to divide it. I know fractions but it's just so easy to do half of 330mm. Happy holidays to you too 🎈

Thanks, these are great ideas

Mark, thank you for you being you!! I appreciate the humor/tongue-in-cheek approach to your teaching of woodworking. Happy Holidays tp you and yours from Southern California.

Cracking job Mark. Silicone pots and a new tape measure for me 😊

Great video. I actually tossed all my DeWalt Fat Max because the locking mechanism fails after moderate use. I almost exclusively the small 9-foot / 3-meter magnetic-backed DeWalt tape measure which I keep stuck to the side wing of my table saw, or in my pocket if I’m using some other tool. You are absolutely spot-on when you say you don’t need a tape measure that reaches dimensions larger than your shop! By the way, I checked out Fast Cap and they do have a metric only series. Don’t know if they’re available in the UK.

merry christmas to you and thanks

Nice video, I've already passed on a link for the drill block to "Santa", I think I'll follow it up with the countersinks 😄

I don’t know about availability around the world but in my opinion the Hultafors Talmeter i the best tape measure. TAL are the initials of the swedish guy who invented it.

Check the Lufkin brand tapes. Good for LH or RH reading, plus is pretty good on internal measurements.

18:23 Nasa did this once.. only cost them 125mil dollars ;)

Question, I am a vegan, so the leather strop is straight out. But then you showed the cork sheets and it struck me that perhaps the cork might be an acceptable substitute for the leather. And you could put a stop on the backside of the block for grip.

2.58 - popsickle? What’s that in old money😂

The FatMax is available in metric only.

What an amazing set of recommendations all based on real world experience. Invaluable! Fairly new subscriber but find myself really looking forward to your content, not only for the great woodworking advice but also for the positive mental health message you spread - which has personally helped me greatly. Onward and upward 🙏

Thank you. Very helpful. Be kind to yourself, too.

I'm going to have to binge watch this later. Have company atm, and would be so rude to whack the earphones in... 😂

About the countersink bits: they are designed for metall work but perform great in wood. The difference to the "orange juicer" bits is that these bits must be used before you bore the hole to get a clean result! If you are using them in a ready bored hole you allways get something awful but no clean countersink. On the other side it's not the way I'm working because wood drill bits are not designed to bore a hole centered into a countersink hole, so you have to use metall bits for this job.

Those countersink bits seem very useful! Looking forward to the next video for some extra details!

Another interesting video Mark. I'm someone who prefers to buy tools myself rather get them as gifts. I'm surer of actually using them then. I have several new tools received as gifts that are nice, but not used. I have some hard rubber shapes to wrap sandpaper around for sanding. My dad taught us boys to wrap sandpaper around blocks of wood or wood shapes & go at it. That's definitely not the best way. I bought a couple of the counter sinks you show & I agree they provide the neatest cut holes. For tape measures, I keep a 16 ft., 25 ft. & 50 ft. handy. The last is for building construction, which I haven't done in years. I have a 6 ft pocket tape that goes with me when I'm measuring lumber or like articles. I agree that no two tapes read the same, similar to some flat rulers. I'm right-handed, so when I hold the tape case in my left hand & pull the tape out with my right, the numbers are upside down. Correct reading tapes are made, so I have to get one of those. That drilling guide looks handy. I've never come across one of them, so don't know if they're available here, maybe on Amazon. I've heard of steel drill bushings being sold individually for projects. I look forward to your next video.

Hi Mark, Great tips and ideas, like the counter sink bits for the drill, I usually countersink by using a bigger drill bit, but these look a lot better. Glue pots I use old ketchup or sauce bottles and I think they have good grip when squeezing the glue out. Like your self I do have a lot of measuring tapes I think I have 8 or 9 I have one in inches only and two in cm/mm and the rest in both. I do like the gluing tray and roller. I like the idea " be kind to your self " my be I should in once in a while. As always good to see you and a great video, catch you soon mate, Take care

This is a great list for woodworkers! I would be highly pleased if someone got me anything off this list, even if I already have one. These are all something that I’d be ok having multiples of… except maybe the drill guide, but I don’t have one of those yet, so no problem there!! 😂😂 great video, Mark! Keep them coming!

I love the idea of an "in depth" study in to drills. LOL. Nice share Mark. Looking forward to the next episode.

Brilliant, as usual!

Very entertaining, as usual. Happy Christmas Mark.

The Gosforth handyman has commissioned a tape measure that ticks all the boxes. I think he faced the same frustrations you do. Thanks for the content.

You should give rough price estimations in Euro, too. I constantly do parallel conversions from Pounds and Dollars...

just google WoodPrix :))

I prefer a steel rule rather than a tape measure

Fastcap tape measure all day, every day. They are very inexpensive compared to the quality.

Ox and Milwaukee both make metric only tape measures but only marked on one side. Advent makes one called Vice Versa that is marked metric only on both sides. All class II.

Love your videos and “be kind to yourself”

For the tape. A Milwaukee 5m mag pro metric only. Ticks all of your boxes. I love mine.

“If your workshop is 5m x 4m, like mine… yes, I’ve exaggerated by about half a metre in either direction…”. 😂😂😂 LMAO! Some excellent suggestions there, Mark. I’ve made a tape holder (on a cleat, of course) that sort-of does the jog but I really must stop being a tight git and just buy a proper dispenser. It would make my life so much easier. Those deburring countersink bits look the business as well. If Santa doesn’t visit, I might have to. Forwarding on this video to my kids for inspiration.

Great idea.

Another great video Mark. I was doing my Amazon Xmas list alongside the video…..let’s see what father Xmas brings.

😂😂😂 prawn short love it I'll have to send it to the kids well done rkid