John, I'm very glad you made this all-encompassing video. We all need to know what divides us.

Your video are so great. You keep it simple. On dividers, as a machinist wanna be. There are 3 types. Inner, outer and regular. Anyway it is an old video but very informative.

"…probably never need another set. I've got way more than I'll ever need." Translation: I'll only buy more if they're unique, or a good deal

I left you a question about this on your Instagram page. Loved this video.

I have a set of older Johnson and I keep them in my tool belt for work because it comes in handy for doing certain cut outs and stuff on the job

Can't wait to see the video of making some calipers in the shop. I enjoy making my own tools and you always give me some great ideas thx

I made myself a divider/compass several years ago from leaf spring steel. It was much more difficult to forge but the benefit was that it is as tough as nails, and maybe tougher. I never realized how useful it would be. Since it's high carbon steel, it scribes a fine line very nicely. Great vid!

The cheap thin ones want leave a good mark like a good set will I've noticed

I'm a little behind in watching the vid' s (because I 've my first paying customer) but..... I SPOTTED A GARGOYLE!!😀😀. Can't wait to see you make a pair of calipers, I definitely need one.

I really like the Peter Ross set. I saw them up close in a different video. I think the one from the last conference pretty cool. Thx again....Paul

Nice tools, John! Had to grab a kleenex to wipe the drool off my chin :)

That Peter Ross made compass is a gem. Very nice. I would just look at it. Here in RSA we still call them a compass.

Nice collection of calipers. Indeed those compass' that Peter forged are nice.

It looked like that fly on his hand was really interested in what he was doing 🙂

Thank u for the great Videos

You've explain who make and how to make devider. What are this dividers use for? Cause I made a mistake buying a compass with 2 steel tip, not a pencil on the other side. Sorry for my ignorance.

How do you use a Starrett SNUG.

Hey John, can you link the video with Peter you're talking about? There's a video of him talking about compasses, but it contains no actual forging. KZread seems to have very little of Peter, there are some videos from PW and some from old episodes of The Woodright's Shop, but that's about it.

Which tool marks aligns and measures

Its funny you posted this today just yesterday I was scouring KZread for hand forged compass videos and found only two that I feel were up to standards most of them are pretty lazily made. I would love to see your take on it