TRACER Carpenter Pencil Reviews

Video transcript

Video transcript

Video transcript

Greetings, good day. So Tracer, Tracer, Tracer sent out some new products and some old products or rather existing products to a few guys on social media to see what we thought about them.
So what have we got here? Well, they were kind enough to send me what I've not seen before, is the Construction Lumber Crayon Markers. Let's crack these open, just have a quick look. They are essentially... They look like firecrackers, don't they, it looks like a firework.
These are bright red, big kids crayons essentially. And they are multi-surface, so you can use them on cardboard, you can use them on paper, you can use them on bricks, you can use them on timber. And they're going to be able to stay a lot more visible than, say, a pencil line. Also, of course, you can wipe it off quite easily. Now these come in a pack of, can you believe it, 12. And they fit together very nicely.
I like them. They're relatively sharp to start off with. They're good, they're very visible. I think that's the key with that, is they're extremely visible on timber especially, because on dark timber, if you're using treated wood or sawn timber, you're going to not be able to see... a pencil's too dark.
Speaking of which, if you are a chippy, and you are doing bricks, and you are doing blocks and that kind of thing, then you can't go far wrong with your trady's pencil, your OG trady's pencil. These also come in a pack of 12. I've completely destroyed the box getting them out, so let that be a lesson to you.
Beautifully packed though, look at that. You're not going to lose those in the true Tracer green. 4H hard lead, which means hopefully they will wear down a little slower. Let's just get my knife out and we'll give it a little sharpen. Just sharpen this outside.
So that took absolutely ages, didn't it? But as you can see, that's usually what your chippy's pencil looks like. However, they do now send you with... Take all these out of here, absolute mess. If you open the bottom, it comes out easier. So this is a super-duper mega pencil sharpener, which is hidden in that clever compartment at the bottom.
And as you will see, it's got two divots in there, one for larger pencils, one for smaller pencils. Obviously this doesn't work on the large one, so let's pop it in this end and see how well it works. I'll poke you out the window so you can see. Now very quickly we've got lead, I show a very sharp nib, look at that.
But what if you're trying to mark something, scribe something, get through something a little bit... Oh, that was good. A little bit sharper, a little longer hole, deeper hole? Well, in this pack you get two things, which is of course the OG Tracer pencil. This is a retractable pencil.
I've got it on my pocket. It's got a very well fitting grippy clip there that holds it in your holster, holds it in your holster pockets on your belt. This case has also got a built-in pencil sharpener on the side there as well.
And then this also is a very robust, well-built retractable pencil. And of course, push that in, pull that out. And it's got replacement lids that you can get huge packs of for very little money making your pencil last a long time.
Now this here has a standard insertable length of about 40, 50 mil, but the bonus with this is if you're delicate you can go through a much deeper hole. Give it a little wiggle, mark your point to drill, and away you go. And that is the construction marker.
Now this of course, you can get different colours of. You can also get marker pens that look like this, not to be confused with the actual pencil. And you can also get different coloured leads for those, you can get the crayon leads for that pencil, which is also really handy.
Over here now then, last but definitely not least, this absolute monster. This is a Procontour Gauge Marking Kit. Well, this is the ProContour gauge. Now, you may have seen videos on social media online trying to get round natural stone, trying to get round architraves, trying to take markings of something so you can jigsaw it out, or so that you can carve it out, or even so you can get an angle right.
Well, this thing comes with hundreds of these movable fingers, if you like. You've got an external version there, and they've also got a really handy kind of ridge there if you're going around rounded edges. And you can see that it moves very freely around any surface.
You imagine that's going around a tree, for example, and you wanted to put something against stone, timber against stone. Once you've got it in the position you want, you lift up this catch here which tightens them up, and then nothing moves. It doesn't move.
And of course the bonus then is that it also copies the contour to the outside. So you can use that on the outside edge, or you can use that as something you've got to cut around and you'll know that that is the exact shape of what you're going against. Well, within a mil or two anyway. These are 2 mil fingers, and you've also got a ruler inch and centimetres on the side as well.
So there we go, that is all of the cool Tracer stuff. I just want to say a massive shout-out to Tracer Tools for sending me all of this amazing gear. If you want to get yourself any of these items, then head over to Tracer Tools on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
And a massive, massive shout out to Expert Trades for obviously reaching out to all of their subscribers to see if we might want to use these amazing tools. So I'm going to look forward to using them when I fit an upcoming kitchen at my own house, which is going to go down very well.
Anyway, thanks for joining me. I've been Pointy, you've been great, and these have been Tracer Tools.