Category: shop tip
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Brainstorming a “Whatsit?”
In the above video there are a bunch of tools that you might recognize. and one or two that are unusual. like the twyble with the bent tips.. at the end he makes a flax break with te tools that he sharpens. In another film like this a gentleman make a spinning wheel and then…
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Making tools: Compass
With all us stuck at home I thought that now would be a good time for me to start a series about making your own tools. Thus thinking back… When rocks were soft etc. I’m asking myself what was the first tool I made. It’s a large compass. Everyone in the shop had one.…
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How to make a Scratch Stock
Hi All; The subject came up of how to make a scratch stock, so I decided that would make a good post! Scratch stocks have been used for a very long time. Indeed scratching and scraping to make things from wood has been a technique forever. You can search the interwebs and find all sorts…
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go devils
Hi: These small scrapers have other names, but I know them by the name of G0 Devils, because you can go like the devil with them. You can buy some really nice ones (rosewood and brass) from Veritas Tools, but I obviously made my own and that is what I am going to talk about today.…
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Tapered reamers
Hi again! Did I mention I love making stuff? I do I really really do just love to make stuff, mostly out of wood. I also love the tools… I have too many of them. Long before I learned how to make Windsor chairs (from Mr. Michael Dunbar) I had read I needed a tapered…