Toolmaking Art

Seriously, I love this tool rack system! It looks to be economical, flexible and functional.  Plus the modular system allows you to rearrange things as you get more tools.  The only real down side, is that tool storage systems that you can’t close are a bit more suseptible to dust and rust.  If  your shop [...]

This weekend, I traveled to Washington on the Brazos to see the South East Texas Tomato Festival!
The bridge was out, so we had to take a detour, but it was all worth it. The folk there are testing, and comparing heirloom and a bit more recent varieties of tomatoes.
They had a [...]

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 [...]

Here is my giant dibbler.  Made from a pine 4×4.

The cross bar is made from ash.  The point has been shaped into a triangle.

This tool is pretty useful, it has even been borrowed by several people and returned damaged.  It still works fine.  You stick the point where you want to plant a small tree [...]

I finally have the table set up for the Jointmaker Pro.  So now comes the testing.
I decided to use a shaft of very tight grained ash.  A vicious test for any saw.  I am not going to go easy on the JMP.
First I took a section of ash, 1.3″ by 0.95″  I set up a [...]