Tools and Inventions

Essential Tools for Bespoke Jacket Making

• The International School of Tailoring offers a series of lessons on how to make a bespoke jacket.

• The journey requires being well-equipped with the right tools, not necessarily the most expensive ones.

• The board is the most important tool and should be made of wood, set at the right height, and covered properly.

• The measuring tools include the L Square, a smaller ruler, the Pattern Master, a protractor ruler, and a tape measure.

• The sewing tools include an open-end thimble, needles, a powerful pair of shears, a smaller scissor, and a longer scissor with a bent end and round tips.

• Marking tools include chalk, a graphite pen, a pencil, a pencil chalk, and prickle wheels for making holes or impressions for copying lines onto another layer.

• Cleaning tools include a wooden brush, a lint roller, and a pump for sharpening chalk lights.

• The board cushion is important to level out the material being pressed and should be made of felt.

• The board cloth should be made of densely woven, stiff moleskin with a plain surface texture to avoid imprints from pressing with a heavy iron.

• The board's height should be just below the belly button to avoid back strain and should be covered with a cushion and cloth.

• A good tape measure should ideally be made of fiberglass, have both metric and imperial units, and be about two centimeters wide.

• Wooden rulers may warp or bend, so investing in rulers made of metal or Plexiglas is recommended. The Pattern Master ruler is a great combination ruler to have.Essential Tailoring Tools: A Guide for Beginners

• Tools for measuring, such as rulers, can be simplified to just an L Square and a tape measure.

• Cutting tools can be simplified to just fabric shears and paper shears.

• Essential marking tools include only chalk and a knife for sharpening.

• Cleaning tools like a brush and a scour are useful, while a lint roller and pump are luxury items.

• Precision instruments like a scraper, scalpel, standing knife, tweezers, and an awl are helpful, but not essential.

• A hole punch and pliers are not necessary, while an unpicker is essential.

• Pins and seller tape are useful, while fray check is a luxury item.

• Essential pressing tools include an iron, pressing cloth, L square, and brush.

• A clapper and weights are not necessary, but can be replaced with household items.

• Starting with the bare minimum of essential tools is sufficient for making a jacket.

• As skills progress, additional tools can be acquired for more delicate work.

• Proper maintenance and sharpening of tools is important for optimal use.The Five Inventions That Shaped Our World

• David Lance in his book "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations" talks about the invention of five significant inventions that impacted humanity and the planet.

• The five inventions are the water wheel, magnifying lenses, mechanical clock, printing press, and gunpowder.

• The water wheel allowed the use of running rivers as a source of energy, and with the invention of accessories like cranks and gears, it could transfer energy to distant places to turn it into mechanical motion, improving efficiency in various industries.

• Magnifying lenses solved a biological problem of farsightedness and led to the development of precision instruments, including the mechanical clock.

• The mechanical clock opened a whole market for gadgets and delegated time-keeping to the average person, making time the number one tool to measure productivity.

• The printing press allowed fixing knowledge onto paper and spreading it on a mass scale, leading to the scaling of ideas and influencing the paper industry and the production of books.

• Gunpowder, originally used by the Chinese, became important in Europe when they compressed it into small kernels and pebbles, igniting faster and releasing more energy, giving them a superior arsenal for exploration and expansion.

• The takeaway is to design new tools or procedures to improve work and not hold back, as you never know what your design could lead to and what you may be depriving the world of.

• If you have invented something or are designing something new, share it on the community page of their website.

• Reza is the speaker of the lesson, and he drops a weight because it's hot and he likes to drop it like it's hot.

• Weightlifting is good for working on specific muscles, such as biceps or triceps.

• The video has a Chinese version that will be translated back into English for everyone to understand.

• Tools like tape measures and rulers are essential for accurate measurements in various industries.