No Glue, No Glue, What to do!

I need some glue, lots of glue, epoxy preferably. I have looked around, I have lots of glue, a couple of boxes of glue, all of them are now strange hazardous waste. They are all well over a year old. Glues, most glues are dead in a year. Some may go a few more years, […]

Battle of the Grips

The previous discussion of grips is far from over!

One method I have used to compare grips, is to have them face off. Then I can see, as I swap hands and grips, which grip applies more force with less effort.

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Japanese Plane Wrappers are Plain Wrappers

I needed a few more plane wrappers. These are a very easy leatherworking project. No need for any fancy embellishments like straight lines. These can be rough.

I had two, the dark ones, and I needed three more. Just in case, I made four.

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Tool Grips

For quite some time I have paid close attention to tool grips.

I have even made quite a few odd ones just to test ideas.

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Marking Gauges

I like marking gauges. My first purchased one and my first made ones were disasters, but I have gotten better since then.

The first one worth keeping was this one.

Unless it got knocked, this one did a nice job, but I was getting addicted to new tools.

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