What a Pencil Shave Can do!

I took about 20 minutes and tested what a pencil shave can do.

Sweet little tool, made with one of the cutters from a pencil sharpener.

Here, I am pushing it into some pine,

On the left is cut with the grain in pine stopped to show a curl or spill. On the right […]

July 29th, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Making, Woodworking | Leave a comment

Pencil Shave

I have been wanting one of these for about three years. I finally made one!

This was made from one of the cutters in an old broken pencil sharpener. It was a bit dull so I sharpened the cutter using the ancient method of soaking it in vinegar. Now it is nice and sharp. […]

July 27th, 2009 | Category: Hand Tools, Sharpening, Tool Making | 8 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 | 2 comments

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 | 12 comments

Working Hot Steel

I have been needing to shape and temper a bit of steel for quite some time, but have put it off with one thing or another. My belt grinder has been acting flakey, so I really need to put together a bunch of parts I have been collecting and make a better one. A couple […]

April 6th, 2009 | Category: Metalworking, Tool Making | 4 comments
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