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11th February 2009, 12:26 PM #1
home made tools - website
Hi,
I was wondering if there are any of you out there who know of any tool kits you can buy and assemble?
I remember a few months ago comming accross a site that sold kits that had the wood roughly shaped and the metal bits cut out and "all" you had to do was put it together and finishe the wood off and pout in thescrews etc.
They had hand plane, sliding bevel, and another sort of plane kit.
Do any of you good people out there kow of anything along htese lines you could point me in??
Cheers,
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11th February 2009, 12:44 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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that sounds like fun.
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11th February 2009, 03:35 PM #3
http://www.hntgordon.com.au/prodcatkits.htm
HNT Gordon kit plane
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11th February 2009, 04:17 PM #4
I was recently asked on LumberJocks to post a few tools of mine. So it was easy to copy-and-paste these here. Here are some that I made in the past couple of years. Note that many of these are in tutorial form on my website. Also, just yell out if you want help in making any.
Chamfer plane. This is a bevel up orientation in Jarrah with a 15 degree bed. Old Matherson plane blade.The butterfly “knob” is deliberate so that adjustments may be made quickly. The blade is extended after each run until the profile/depth is reached …
This is a dovetail plane. I used a derelict skew rabbet plane as the base.
Old Woman’s Tooth (OWT), or router plane.
Stairsaw…
Small carcase/tenon saw (10” crosscut) ...
Small bowsaw for dovetails ..
Small infill bevel up smoother from a Stanley #3 (a fantastic performer!) ..
30” razee jointer in Jarrah (60 degree bevel down) ..
A set of carving knives (made from Stanley plane blades) for a friend …
Visit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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11th February 2009, 04:19 PM #5
A dovetail marking knife and awl set (made from HSS jigsaw blade and HSS drill bit) ..
Mallets are easy.
A plane setting hammer, with brass and leather faces ..
Marking tools!
An infilled and dovetailed dovetail saddle (1:7 ratio – my favourite) ..
I received many requests to make these for others, so I looked for a less complex design. I came up with this, a brass saddle (1:5, 1:6, 1:7, 1:8). They were actually more work to file accurately ..
Did I say marking knife or marking knives?
My favourite user, in Olive and Jarrah ..
Fibonacci gauge, in Tasmanian Blackwood with handmade brass rivets..
Cutting gauge (based on the Woodjoy) …
Visit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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11th February 2009, 04:20 PM #6
A fishtail chisel (for cleaning out corners of half-blind dovetails), in Tasmanian Blackwood ..
This was an entry in the Wood Central 2008 Tool Comp. Nah, didn’t win (but did get an honourable mention) – a brace and driver set in Jarrah and brass, in a She-oak toolbox-with-drawer ..
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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11th February 2009, 05:06 PM #7
Hi Derek,
I will be comming over to Perth to Visit some family there in the first week of March.
I would love to meet up and possibly have a coffee.
I also work in Mental Health as DEN provider and my wife is an OT. I have also been toying with the idea of studying Psycology as there is a huge short fall of "good" psycs here in Townsville.
Thanks for the photos although I will have to wait till I get home as the spam filter at work tends to cut out most pictures that are on forums. Although for some strange reason the Bit and Brace came through perfectly.
Looks fantastic!
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11th February 2009, 07:27 PM #8
Best I get back into my play pen after seeing that lot.
Really inspirational. Thank you Derek for sharing and giving freely of your ideas and advice.
Peter
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11th February 2009, 09:35 PM #9
Derek
Simply lovely tools
I've looked at your very informative website in the past but am reminded by this post to ask how you affixed the tote on that smallish smoother?regards
Nick
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12th February 2009, 03:51 AM #10I will be comming over to Perth to Visit some family there in the first week of March.
Contact me when you know your dates and we will make a plan to get together.
how you affixed the tote on that smallish smoother?
You are referruing to the BU smoother? If so, the infills were both epoxied and pinned (brass screws with head filed flush).
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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12th February 2009, 11:35 AM #11
Hi Derek,
What is the purpose of the stairsaw? It's an intriguing saw.Cheers.
Vernon.
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12th February 2009, 01:06 PM #12GOLD MEMBER
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There is a spokeshave kit available - I got mine from the Lumber Bunker.
http://www.veritastools.com/Products/Page.aspx?p=125
Cheers,
Andrew
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12th February 2009, 06:05 PM #13
I found another one.
http://www.woodsmithstore.com/overstock.html
If you scroll down the list and go to complete tool kits you will see they have four kits available.
Looks abit pricy though.
Any other find things like this??
The spokeshave kit looks interesting although you have to provide the wooden blank your self.
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12th February 2009, 09:59 PM #14Hi Derek,
What is the purpose of the stairsaw? It's an intriguing saw.
A stairsaw was used in days of Olde to ... wait for it ... build stairs! It helped prepare the dados into which the treads would fit .. saw the sides of the dado, chisel out the waste, and pop the tread in.
Today we use stairsaws for dados and sliding dovetails.
I must say that my saw body is too long as this makes it heavy. I built it this way on purpose, as an experiment, but it really should have been about 7-8" long, not the 10" it is.
Here is a more traditional design.
Both this and mine have blades that slide into the body. The body then acts as a depth stop.
Here is the alternative - I am using a mitre saw to prepare a sliding dovetail. (You can see that length, per se, can be desirable).
(Full article here: http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furnitu...lsbyhand1.html)
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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13th February 2009, 06:42 AM #15
Thanks for the enlightenment Derek.
Cheers.
Vernon.
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