Comments on: Big Kids Get To Use Ink http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/09/ink-snap-line/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:58:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bob TDG http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/09/ink-snap-line/#comment-617617 Bob TDG Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:12:11 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=13822#comment-617617 Neat... That might be handy for site layouts. Beats hair spraying over chalk lines. The Tajima lines are really nice! Neat… That might be handy for site layouts. Beats hair spraying over chalk lines. The Tajima lines are really nice!

]]> By: Take your chalkline into the 20th century - not quite the 21st, it’s just ink | Holly Swanson http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/09/ink-snap-line/#comment-615909 Take your chalkline into the 20th century - not quite the 21st, it’s just ink | Holly Swanson Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:47:37 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=13822#comment-615909 [...] The line is braided nylon instead of string, which should make it pretty durable, and the ink comes in several colors (red is included). To be perfectly honest, I don’t think there was a pressing need to reduce the width of chalk lines, but this may tickle somebody’s fancy. $20 isn’t a big investment, anyhow. [via Toolmonger] [...] [...] The line is braided nylon instead of string, which should make it pretty durable, and the ink comes in several colors (red is included). To be perfectly honest, I don’t think there was a pressing need to reduce the width of chalk lines, but this may tickle somebody’s fancy. $20 isn’t a big investment, anyhow. [via Toolmonger] [...]

]]> By: CrunchGear » Archive » Take your chalkline into the 20th century - not quite the 21st, it’s just ink http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/09/ink-snap-line/#comment-615167 CrunchGear » Archive » Take your chalkline into the 20th century - not quite the 21st, it’s just ink Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:20:25 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=13822#comment-615167 [...] The line is braided nylon instead of string, which should make it pretty durable, and the ink comes in several colors (red is included). To be perfectly honest, I don’t think there was a pressing need to reduce the width of chalk lines, but this may tickle somebody’s fancy. $20 isn’t a big investment, anyhow. [via Toolmonger] [...] [...] The line is braided nylon instead of string, which should make it pretty durable, and the ink comes in several colors (red is included). To be perfectly honest, I don’t think there was a pressing need to reduce the width of chalk lines, but this may tickle somebody’s fancy. $20 isn’t a big investment, anyhow. [via Toolmonger] [...]

]]> By: tooldork http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/09/ink-snap-line/#comment-614982 tooldork Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:15:38 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=13822#comment-614982 "so you would use it for anything that you need a finer line than a chalk box leaves." Such as? My chalk line is 1mm wide, which is a lot smaller than the width of my thin kerf saw blade. Besides, chalk lines are generally not used for super exacting cuts. “so you would use it for anything that you need a finer line than a chalk box leaves.”

Such as?

My chalk line is 1mm wide, which is a lot smaller than the width of my thin kerf saw blade.

Besides, chalk lines are generally not used for super exacting cuts.

]]> By: PutnamEco http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/09/ink-snap-line/#comment-613865 PutnamEco Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:59:09 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=13822#comment-613865 Re: elmegil Says: What would you use this for? -------- A chalk line is wider than an ink line, so you would use it for anything that you need a finer line than a chalk box leaves. I use mine for marking boards for ripping. Mine is made by KDS not Tajima. If your into historic woodworking tools, google sumi-tsubo, The Japanese made some really ornate ones. Re:
elmegil Says:
What would you use this for?
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A chalk line is wider than an ink line, so you would use it for anything that you need a finer line than a chalk box leaves.
I use mine for marking boards for ripping. Mine is made by KDS not Tajima.

If your into historic woodworking tools, google sumi-tsubo, The Japanese made some really ornate ones.

]]> By: elmegil http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/09/ink-snap-line/#comment-613800 elmegil Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:53:22 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=13822#comment-613800 Generally speaking, I thought that chalk lines washing away was the POINT. What would you use this for? Generally speaking, I thought that chalk lines washing away was the POINT. What would you use this for?

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