Vagabond Tool Rack

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 [...]

April 27th, 2010 | Category: TEOTWAWKI, Tool Box, Tool Box, Tool Making | 7 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 leg.

I waxed my [...]

March 20th, 2010 | Category: Tool Making, Woodworking | One comment

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

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

Making a Head Knife

Here is my endless  loop.  I make stuff to make stuff to make stuff.  Seriously.  I have a theory that a leather tool box might be ideal.  In any case I want to experiment.  One thing that I need for this is a few leather tools.  A lot I have bought, but one of the [...]

July 20th, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Box, Tool Making, Tools | 7 comments
 
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