Flush Cut Plane

This is one of the least common and most useful, simple planes,

This is a pretty simple tool. all you need is a plane blade, such as you can get at most hardware stores.

You don’t need a rare earth magnet this big. Two or three glued into drilled holes on the bottom […]

July 1st, 2008 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Making, Woodworking | 2 comments

OWT

This is an old time tool called an OWT. Old womans tooth. It was what woodworkers used to clean out gouges and the like. Basically and old time router. I made this one to use a chisel, so it took up less room int the tool box.

Here it is with the chisel set […]

June 27th, 2008 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Box, Tool Making, Woodworking | 2 comments

Easy Square

Here is a real simple project that is pretty and well worth doing.

Take a nice block of wood and cut a slit in it deep enough and wide enough to hold a carpenters square. Then epoxy it in and make sure the face is square. This makes the square very convenient and pretty.

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June 25th, 2008 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Making, Woodworking | Leave a comment

Rust Prevention

I have been reading up on rust prevention and one name that comes up over and over is Ballistol. Apart from keeping Prussian guns clean and rust free, there are those who use it on leather, wood, goats, people, old records, and planes.

Here are a few links: Woodnet discussion on Ballistol.

The Story […]

June 24th, 2008 | Category: Chemistry, Hand Tools, Toxins | 6 comments

My Forge

Here is how I built my forge. Inexpensively. The boards you see are treated dog eared pine picket fence that has been run through a planer. The supports are scrap 4×4 from old fences, cut with a 30 degree taper on two sides to support a hexagonal shape. Like a bee, a lot of what […]

June 20th, 2008 | Category: Hand Tools, Metalworking, Power Tools, Tool Making, Tutorials, Woodworking | 6 comments
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