Making Tools with HSS Blanks

    For under $5 you can obtain a set of HSS blanks from Harbor Freight. Do this at a store, I have been so amazingly and expensively burned by online shopping with HF that I will never ever do that again. The stores however are great as long as your are careful what you […]

April 16th, 2012 | Category: Hand Tools, Metalworking, Tool Making, Tools, Tutorials | 4 comments

Tools with Octagonal Handles

Here are a few tools that I made with octagonal handles. I detailed how to make them in my post on making octagonal handles.

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March 7th, 2012 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Making, Woodworking | 2 comments

Chip Carving Knives

My Darling Wife decided I needed to learn a new skill for some stuff she wants me to make. So of course I had to make some new tools.

Sadly the wonderful book only had two tools. So I of course made three!!

Then again it did show a compass.

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June 2nd, 2008 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Making, Woodworking | Leave a comment

Hex Bit Sockets and What is possible Now

The first time I used a quick release socket it was a revelation. I had seen the notch set up for them, but not the adapter. For me being able to replace a bit, or use multiple bits, and not have them fall out at the first opportunity was wonderful.

Since then I have sought […]

April 25th, 2012 | Category: Hand Tools, Power Tools, Tool Making, Tools, Woodworking | 7 comments

Remaking a Snap Blade Knife or How to Work Wood that Splits Easily

 

I love mesquite wood. It is beautiful, tough, weather resistant, hard and the worlds most stable wood. It does have a curious weakness, a screw will split it in half despite it being able to survive years as a mallet. The wood can split.

So there are methods you learn, that you would not […]

April 12th, 2012 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Making, Tools, Tutorials, Woodworking | 5 comments