I have finally finished my portable tool rack design. It is a tool roll, rack and box, all in one. Maybe not really a box, but then it may be better. Read along, and you can be the judge.
Before I let the cat out of the bag and show you the vagabond tool rack,
let me [...]
I have been testing Ecopoxy as an adhesive. They are not marketing it as an adhesive, but I think they really should. I love this stuff.
Here is a fairly wicked test of a glue. any glue you choose to name.
This nice jagged chip is about to be glued.
To this chair leg.
I waxed my [...]
When grinding down a few old drill bits to make other tools, I noticed that the spiral on a point was quite lovely. This inspired me to produce this design. This is a scratch awl, for leather and woodwork. The awl itself is made of M2 tool steel. The handle is ash and leather with [...]
One thing I have not seen, apart from a tool roll, is a leatherworkers holder for tools, made from leather. Kind of hard to find in a search, since leatherworkers make aprons, rolls, holsters, belts and pouches for everyone else.
In western woodworking, one of the common rites of passage is the manufacture of a tool [...]
I love multifunctional tools. Sadly, most of them don’t really work very well. Here is one that is a real gem.
The bottom divider is unmodified. Works great, and it can hold a pencil. The top one is modified by having one point ground down. It will not measure quite as small a [...]
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