Multi-Functional Divider

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 [...]

December 22nd, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Metalworking, Tool Making, Tools | 2 comments

Pencil Shave

I have been wanting one of these for about three years.  I finally made one!

This was made from one of the cutters in an old broken pencil sharpener.  It was a bit dull so I sharpened the cutter using the ancient method of soaking it in vinegar.  Now it is nice and sharp.  A bit [...]

July 27th, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Sharpening, Tool Making | 8 comments

Radius Cutter/Scribe

Johnathan, recently posted on Woodnet his rendition of an inlay radius cutter.  The design is one that Steve Latta showed in an article on Fine Woodworking.   Lie-Nielsen sells one based on that design.

The tool is a very stable compass that can cut.  My current need is one to mark a radius in steel.  [...]

July 21st, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Metalworking, Tool Making, Tools | Leave a comment

Working Hot Steel

I have been needing to shape and temper a bit of steel for quite some time, but have put it off with one thing or another.  My belt grinder has been acting flakey, so I really need to put together a bunch of parts I have been collecting and make a better one.  A couple [...]

April 6th, 2009 | Category: Metalworking, Tool Making | 4 comments

Ferrules

When making simple hand tools, a ferrule is an important addition.

The ferrule on the knife was made by heating a nut on punch, to a nice cherry red an then beating it with a hammer. This gave it a good angled inner surface that jams on tight to a wooden mortise. This makes [...]

March 11th, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Metalworking, Tool Making, Tools | 10 comments
 
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