How to Make an Octagonal Handle, Shell Auger and Straight Drilling Guide

I will warn you, this walk-through is a big one! The results, however, will let a woodworker without a lathe or mad shaping skills to have a reasonably high chance of turning a small chunk of wood into a lovely handle that can be held with comfort and pride!

I have been researching and experimenting […]

February 27th, 2011 | Category: Hand Tools, Metalworking, Sharpening, Tool Making, Tools, Tutorials, Woodworking | 12 comments

No Glue, No Glue, What to do!

I need some glue, lots of glue, epoxy preferably. I have looked around, I have lots of glue, a couple of boxes of glue, all of them are now strange hazardous waste. They are all well over a year old. Glues, most glues are dead in a year. Some may go a few more years, […]

February 11th, 2011 | Category: Tool Making, Toxins, Woodworking | 7 comments

Do You have Enough Tools?

I love posts about workshops in other countries. They show other methods of work holding, and working with tools. Often times you see amazing work being done with a few simple tools. What I really like is the simple tools.

But in every conversation about these tools, someone has to make the cheap shot about […]

November 28th, 2010 | Category: Hand Tools, Metalworking, Tool Making, Tutorials, Woodworking | 3 comments

Mesquite Smoking Pipes

Here are the pipes I have made so far

Seeing as I am doing pretty well on the rustic side, I decided to go full out rustic and make a pipe with some character. So I am carving one to suggest a tree stump.

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September 5th, 2010 | Category: Woodworking | 2 comments

Ecopoxy Update

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 […]

March 20th, 2010 | Category: Tool Making, Woodworking | 7 comments
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