recent tools

[Andy Mac]

Hi there!
Here are a couple of tools I have been working on recently, mainly to take away with me on the recent trip out west.
There is a tapered reamer, a buckhorn scraper, a dowel maker, a rough mallet, a froe and an inshave (which I made some time back but recently reworked). I'll post some seperate photos of each tool later, and a few observations.

Cheers,

[Wood Butcher]

Andy, once again awesome work.
Tool making is one skill that I would love to learn! (but probably never be any good at:():D

Fantastic Job.

[Andy Mac]

I saw this tool years ago and have always meant to have a go at making one. There are decent plans and instructions in FWW #118 from '96, and its main use would appear to be the finishing of carved seats.
As I was just knocking together a prototype I used whatever timber I had on hand of a suitable size, which was Monteray cypress... not the most suitable as its too soft for wearing. Nice to shape though! The blade I shaped from a used sandstone cutting bandsaw blade, an enormous great thing, using a plasma cutter. Its springy, but much thicker than a standard scraper blade. Agood burr was acheived.
Initial response is the thing has potential, although I had difficulty preventing chatter, a softer cut better than pressing firmly to take a deeper one. Only used it on kauri and silky oak, the latter being pretty woolly. I may try to introduce some curve in the blade by a set screw, like commercial scraping planes. Easy to put together...reckon I'll knock up a couple more and experiment with sole shapes too.:)

Cheers

[BobL]

Andy, some really great ideas there.

Some labels as to what-is-what would be useful. Also for the more obscure tools some indication as too what they are used for would be very interesting.

For a moment I thought the "reamer" was a "fid" but I then though what an interesting combination a reamer/fid would make. Maybe use the reamer blade to hold the fid paper in place?

Oh yeah and love to see some close ups!

Keep up the good work.

Cheers

[BobL]

Easy to put together...reckon I'll knock up a couple more and experiment with sole shapes too.:)

Cheers

Can you show us what the bottom looks like.
Thanks

[Slow6]

Can you show us what the bottom looks like.
Thanks

took the words right out of my mouth :)

[JDarvall]

Nice tools Andy. Like that inshave. Haven't got one of those yet. Still got that big spokeshave thing hanging about somewhere rusting. Must remember to give it a squirt of WD40. :D Use it for seats too I think ? Guessing.

with that buckhorn scraper. Haven't got one, but I know that with such a thick blade, their being no flex, I'd say your right, a very fine settings the only way to use it. Similar situation with a scraper plane. Chatter should stop set fine as you know. Thats the only thing I don't like about thick scraping blades. No flex means no compromise. Hard to take a thick shaving with it. So its either fine shaving or chatter.

[CameronPotter]

Nice work Andy! I am a bit slow responding (but I have my excuses). Still I am impressed with the results. Did you ever get around to posting individual (larger) pics elsewhere?

Cam