Bling Clamp

Normally you don’t expect a clamp to demonstrate too much bling and normally I don’t go for too much bling. However, I have to admit that Sir Richard has made the best looking bling or no bling clamp I have seen to date!

Talent and artistry, he blogs about tools and toolmaking and he make […]

March 5th, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Making, Tools, Woodworking | Leave a comment

Violin Making Planes

Christopher Martyn at Finely Strung has a great article on making instrument planes!

His are tiny, elegant and simple. Using Krenov’s basic method, he shows how to make a great little plane.

With a few toothing blades from Lee Valley, or A top notch O1 plane blade, you could easily put together some really […]

March 4th, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Making, Tools, Tutorials, Woodworking | 2 comments

My first Infill Plane

There I did it, I made an infill. It took all of 30 minutes.

I think the time and effort spent really show.

Walt provided the plane. I mentioned the idea of converting one of these inexpensive pocket planes into an infill and he was intrigued by the thought. Yes, I started with, […]

March 3rd, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Making, Tools | 2 comments

Best Way to Remove Scale, Is Not Having Scale!

Here is a bowl of goop. Below it is a blade I used the goop on. The blade was painted with the stuff, and then heated to a nice cherry red for about 15 minutes. Then it was quenched in safflower oil.

I had to put a cover on the oil, the oil caught […]

March 2nd, 2009 | Category: Chemistry, Metalworking, Recipes, Tool Making | 4 comments

Tool Making Class Found while trying to Find the Quintessential Woodworkers Tool Set

This is a question that I keep trying to refine. What is the best list of tools. There are the tools you want in an apron, because you need them right when you need them. Some tools are just pretty, and hard to put aside. The persuit of the ideal set, keeps me searching. There […]

February 26th, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Speculation, Tool Making, Tools | Leave a comment
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