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

Spill Plane

I made an odd spill plane of my own design a while back, but it was more of an experiment and kind of a cute failure.

This is a spill plane loosely based on Darrell LaRu’s walk through. This plane works great! Since the plane stays still and the wood moves, I have been able […]

March 8th, 2012 | Category: Tool Making, Tools, Woodworking | One comment

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

Tool Rack with a French Cleat

In my pursuit of better tool storage, so far I have ignored my worst woodworking flaw. I will grab a tool, use it, and then place it on the nearest convenient surface when I am through with it. Eventually the mess takes over, finding tools is unbearable and tables full of sharp tools can become […]

March 5th, 2012 | Category: Tool Box, Tools, Woodworking | 3 comments

Turning Pens for Christmas

I have been making pens to give to all the members of my family. Here is the starting pile of blanks with one example.

The blanks were glued up from mesquite and kauri. Click on the image if you want a better view.

Kauri is pretty nifty wood. If the end grain is exposed […]

November 18th, 2011 | Category: Woodworking | One comment
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