Thread: Show us...the tools you've made

Here are some of mine.....

Wow!
What beautiful tools.
Andrew, I like the contrasting grains of that mallet. What wood is?

Major, what's the purpose of that metal lever (?) between the body and the arm of larger marker tools (that with the pencil)?

Giuliano

Majorpanic - I agree with Giuliano - wow!

Giuliano - it's some mongrel hardwood I salvaged off a pallet!. There's two pieces left with similiar grains so at some point they will get used up for tool making too.

I'm eager to see more after majorpanic's beautiful examples

The piece of brass is the pressure shoe. It is there to stop the wood screw from marking the beam of the panel gauge, it also applies even pressure across a larger area.

I've long wanted to make a couple of marking gauges to replace some worn ones on my shelf, but I've been put off by the screws at the back used in traditional ones. Can't find them anywhere. Did you make your own for those?

Originally Posted by andrewr79

I've long wanted to make a couple of marking gauges to replace some worn ones on my shelf, but I've been put off by the screws at the back used in traditional ones. Can't find them anywhere. Did you make your own for those?

The gauges are relatively easy to make.

The beam is held in place with a brass pressure shoe. The ¼" threaded brass rod attaches to the brass knob & this just screws down onto the pressure shoe.
I buy the knobs & rethread them to ¼", the threaded brass rod you can buy almost everywhere.

Well done Andrew - particularly n the mallet>

As for Major Panic he should not be allowed to skite like that! It's not fair to dreamers such as my good self!

Seriously though MP, they are beautiful tools!!bravabrava

Major those are to good to use, but it must give you much pleasure when you do use them
Andrew you also must enjoy use something you have made.

Well mine does not come close to the class of the above but needs dictact what must be made. I needed a strip flap wheel that had a finer grit then I could get. So I made one took a bit of time but it work perfect and look as if it will last a long time well worth the effort

Russell

Russell - I like it!. If it meets a need, then a good tool it is

Hi Andrew

I see that you are starting out on the path of toolmaker. Be aware .. it is addictive!

There are many tool pictorials on my website: Shop Made Tools

I have made hundreds of tools. I most enjoy building furniture with tools I designed and built. Here are a few ...

Jack plane:

37" Jointer:

Infill BU smoother:

Wooden brace:

Marking knives and scratch awls (many .. ):

Cutting gauge:

Chip carving knives:

Mortice chisels:

Bowsaw:

Shooting boards:

Router Plane:

OK, enough. There are many more I could upload, and it would put everyone to sleep.

Regards from Perth

Derek

I also like making my own tools, here are a few of mine:

-marking gauge,
-screwdrivers,
-mallet,
-marking knife,
-small marking knife,
-mallet,
-and I also like to turn my own handles.

Derek and Wilco - love both your work!. You give us beginners something to aspire to.

Derek - I've already got a 90cm piece of 25 year old maple planned up ready to become a tribute to your jointer. Not sure what I'll use the plane for, but the wood was there and I've had a blade kindly donated to the project so built it must be!.

Why the ramped shooting board? Is that to approximate skewing the plane?

As a recent starter in tool making my efforts so far have been basic but quite usable. They can not compare for drool factor with some of the other items posted on here.
I had a trawl for past picks so here are a few.
Regards
John

? Major panic
is the square in your pics a Colin Clenton square or one you made yourself?

Andrew