Repairing a Japanese Saw

In a previous post reviewing the Grizzly Japanese Chisels, I mentioned the repair of a Japanese Saw that had it’s handle broken.

On the left is the new handle mortise being made. On the right is the broken handle. Note that the mortise on the new handle is smaller, in width and length. This […]

January 26th, 2009 | Category: Flowers, Gardening, Hand Tools, Husbandry, Tool Making, Tools, Tutorials, Woodworking | Leave a comment

Grizzly Japanese Chisels and Gouges, Part 4.5 Deep Tennon

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, (Part 4.5,) Part 5

I broke a Japanese saw handle a while back, and I have been needing to remake it.

The old handle cracked out. The saw itself is not so bad, but the handle was a lemon. No problem here I like to remake […]

January 23rd, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Metalworking, Tool Box, Tool Making, Tools | One comment

Nifty Hand Cart Plans on fullchisel.com

Steven Shepherd has a really neat post on an 1856 hand cart.

I really want to make one. It would be handy around the yard!

Bob

January 22nd, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Making, Woodworking | 2 comments

Gouge Strop

The first thing I like to do, with a new gouge is make the sharpening tool for that gouge. I recently got a new set of gouges so I needed to make the gouge strop.

Michael Pilla, A good friend of mine from Philadelphia, sent me some delightful rock maple. Perfect stuff to […]

January 16th, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Making, Tools | One comment

Grizzly Japanese Chisels and Gouges, Part 2

Part 1, (Part 2,) Part 3, Part 4, Part 4.5, Part 5

Pulling off the rings, you can see the gummy glue remains on the bases of the tools.

One part of this process is going to be giving myself a better stub to put the ring on.

After removing a few […]

January 9th, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Making, Tools | Leave a comment
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