Tailor's Chalk Sharpening Box
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Join us to see how Alex Scott made me a Chalk Sharpening box out of an old tobacco tin,
while casually operating power tools and keeping an eye on the dog.
If making one of these is not on your list of things to try you can have a look at various style of chalk sharpeners you can buy.
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Your partner is very handy and skillful. It is great that he has his own shop. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you
Yes he is
Although the workshop that we are standing in will actually be my new sewing space when finished but currently has various wood working tools and bits of car in it plus one sewing machine
love this content. Thank you both
I’m glad you liked it, thank you.
The "revolting" fleece is perfect for this job. Kudos to Alex for making this tailor's chalk sharpening box and making it look so easy! It clearly works great. Constance, don't forget to dump the chalk buildup in the trash, or at some point, you'll open the box and get a face full of chalk dust.
I tend to put the chalk dust on my hem leveller that puffs chalk onto your fabric waste not want not here, hence he’s still wearing the fleece even though I think it predates our moving here 12 years ago.
@@stanceymackenzie I wondered whether the dust could be reused. That's great! Some clothes, especially work/hobby clothes that still fit are well-worth keeping!
@stanceymackenzie would also be useful if marking out a pattern using a pounce pad through pricked holes I would think. I too am lucky enough to have my own version of an Alex. I think he'll be watching this shortly 😂
Ooh, you have (indirect) access to a bandsaw (sigh)... Super video! Thanks for sharing. As my chap doesn't know what a bandsaw is let alone how to use one, I will be breaking out my Japanese saw to make one of these for myself... painstakingly slowly probably but that pretty much sums up my making.
Also, I loved your partner's reference to H&S equipment but not using them and I totally get that. I know H&S equipment is sound and all that. But I'm also of the generation whose dad put a soldering iron in my hand aged six and who used lead solder to make my own toys, music instruments, hifi,...
I’m glad you liked it and I think Alex said he made the first chalk box with just a hand saw it just as you say takes a bit longer and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Bought back memories of me as a kid helping my dad build furniture for our bedrooms in the 60s .
The tools he found and refurbished or even made to do the job.maybe that's why I prefer to buy sewing things from charity shops,tools someone else made use of and valued.love this content ,thanks for sharing Alex with us.
@@sharonwerner2419 I'm the same. I am in the process of renovating an old 99K sewing machine. I reckon my dad would be well & truly impressed...
Craft clay might also be an alternative. Razor blades are metal, so oven curing wouldn't be a problem.
What a very satisfying Putter in the shop. This is how Life should be organized.
Excellent I’m glad you liked it.
Such a great partner😁 and the sharpener is nice too😉
Yes indeed.
What a lovely partner to make this for you. He has a lovely calming voice. Great Chalk sharpener.
I am glad you liked the video, it was very kind of him and I think he mostly came over very much as himself on camera which is great.
Very nice, please thank your hubby for agreeing to be filmed, I have an old one probably from the sixties or so it was my nan's and she died late 1970's.
He seemed very happy to demonstrate, as usual I feel the terribly pedantic need to point out we are not married but we are a very permanent fixture. Is the old sharpener you have a single bladed one like this or is it one that makes a V shaped blade pattern? I am just curious to see all the variations.
That is clever!! Much classier than the plastic chalk sharpener I just bought. Have yet to try it - may need to find myself a tobacco tin 🤔 & give this a go. Very nifty and useful! 👍🏻👍🏻☺️ Thank you both!! Best, Lynne
I know you can just use a pair of scissors or a blade to sharpen it but I definitely think it’s a good idea to get as nice an edge as possible and old tobacco tins are handy things. Glad you liked it thank you.
How did you find out tailor’s used to use these? Is that just common knowledge in your field?
I started working with tailors and and noticed that their chalk was much sharper than any I had ever used. I think buying really good quality equipment has also become more common amongst professional makers and with the Internet better equipment is also easier to find.
Thank you, Constance 🍂🍁 Am off to run errands but I darned some socks today & it is oddly lifting my mood. Hoping something odd and cozy lifts your mood today ☺️🍁
I was thinking i'd use an altoids tin when i make my own. probably cardboard instead of wood because thats what i have.
He has the same vibes as my dad; he can make you almost anything, but it probably won't be pretty and it will definitely be messy. 😅 Love it!
What a splendid thing. I feel compelled to point out that Alex does also make very beautiful items with great finesse but he is very good at making very functional items as well.
Another wonderful video! You don’t know how much I look forward to your content.
Thank you that’s nice to know.
Such a good idea. My chalks have a habit of ending up every room of my flat. There is even a bit in the kitchen.
I find that now they have a nice strong tin to live in my chalk has had a much higher survival rate too as I am sure you have also found it breaks very easily.
Alex is a genius!
I’m now afraid the praise from this video is going to go to his head.
@@stanceymackenzie 🤣🤣🤣I will say he's clever next time! Please do your best to keep him humble.🤣
Interesting idea. I'm now tempted to try if my microplane cheese grater would work in a similar manner 😅
Oh I don’t know I’ve never used one of them
My cheese grater is also fairly antiquated
That is both a very nifty, cool, practical and a bit dangerous tool (imagine you could waffle up your fingers rather bloody if you hit those blades on the wrong angle). You are a lucky Lady to have a tool sawy partner. Thank you both for sharing the process
If you have a look at the Modus chalk sharpener on the link in the video description you will see a really vicious style of sharpener because all the blades are vertical and I have cut my self more than one on a colleagues one
I do better with the angled one in the tin and because all the blades are a bit lower than the top of the tin. Having said that we did both cut ourselves in the process of making this video
And yes I am very lucky, I think I forgot that other people do not have someone on hand who can make things from a description even quite a vague one.
@@stanceymackenzie oh yeah I think without having tried that I would prefer the angled one too the other one is just asking for your fingers to slip or the chalk to snap 😬
I understand not liking the safety nannies, but having a table insert on the bandsaw does make working on small peices easier and more accurate. A serviceable insert can be made of wood, a multiply plywood even better.
Scary blades but ending up with a great tool. I had no idea that it would be so easy to cut razors.
Birdy
Maybe it’s because we both use these razor blades in our razors (although not by me very often to be perfectly honest I just can’t be bothered) we don’t find them very scary but you do need to handle with care. They certainly are quite flimsy.
Constance, You have an amazing partner!
Yes indeed I do.
How do you not cut your fingers when sharpening the chalk? I m sure I would! I have a fleece jacket that I bought cheaply 23 years ago, they just go on and on
the razor blades are set a bit lower than the edge of the tin so unless you put you hands straight on them I seem to manage just fine. I though that fleece preceded us moving to this house 12 years ago, however Alex thinks it may even predate our relationship so over 20 years ago and it won't have been new when he acquired it.
@@stanceymackenzie When I first saw the fleece I thought it was wool and the grey/white patches were visible mending. ☺ Only on close up did i realise what it was actually made of.