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Thread: Show us...the tools you've made
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1st June 2011, 10:02 PM #31
A few small items ...
Saddle square:
Dovetail marker:
More ..
Lots of marking knives:
Fibonacci gauge:
Small plane hammer:
Rehandled and modified Stanley 750s:
Dovetail chisel for a friend:
Article of making your own lever caps and screws: MAKING LEVER CAPS AND LEVER CAP SCREWS IN THE BACKYARD
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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1st June 2011, 10:06 PM #32Senior Member
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Beautiful tools Derek, Could you tell me what you use a Fibbonaci Guage for?? Cheers Richie
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1st June 2011, 10:54 PM #33
It measures the golden section (proportions).
Here is a link to make one yourself .. Do It Yourself
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DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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2nd June 2011, 08:03 AM #34SENIOR MEMBER
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Derek you can post those pictures as often as you like. You should maybe at some stage write a book about them.
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2nd June 2011, 10:07 AM #36Junior Senior Member
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Nice work Derek, keep posting the pics
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2nd June 2011, 04:52 PM #37
Hi Andrew
I thought I had put up plans for the chamfer plane, but obviously not so. I will see what I can do.
Bob, thanks for the compliment, but I think that a website is about all I offer. I will leave the books to the pros.
Why build tools? For me is partly because they fill a need at the time, and partly because they offer a quick-fix between long furniture projects.
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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2nd June 2011, 07:00 PM #38
Hmmm, - not always QUICK, Derek!
I've got a couple of tools on the go that have gobbled up great gobs of time & are still a ways from completion. However, I concur that quite often, making a small something is a productive way to relax when I have a limited amount of time in the shed. I have at least 6 spare "DC" marking knives (may I quote you - 'damn your eyes' ). Each filled in a short stretch in the shed when I didn't have the mental stamina to tackle what I should have been doing.
Then there's the endless fiddling with saws.........
Orright for you blokes with consumate will-power.
Avagooday,IW
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3rd June 2011, 04:47 PM #41
A paring handle in NGR for a Lie Nielsen Chisel, A benchtop bench in NGR & fencepost. A Jointer plane in Brigalow & a smoother in Brigalow with an adjusting hammer in White Oak.
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3rd June 2011, 05:25 PM #42SENIOR MEMBER
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Very nice - I especially love the benchtop bench. Was it for display, yourself or for a little one?
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3rd June 2011, 06:17 PM #43
Andrew
I use the bench for marking out, cutting joints and any work that needs close up inspection, which means I am not bending over at the main bench and can therefore see better and suffer less from aches in the back. I now have the bench set up on top of a cabinet close to my main bench so I can keep that clear for planing. I have found this bench very useful & recommend this style of bench to all.
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3rd June 2011, 07:32 PM #44
My eyesight has deteriorated dramatically and a benchtop bench would be a definite bonus – if I had room to store one in between times. That's a really nice looking example Basilg.
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I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
Regards, Woodwould.
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3rd June 2011, 07:49 PM #45
Seconded (or thirder), Basilq.
Your benchtop bench has given me an idea of how I might improve on my dovetailing vise. I guess there are quite a few of us on the forum that are finding we need to get up closer & more presonal with our work, so these sorts of aids are going to get increasing attention & appreciation!
I like your hammer, too. At first it thought it was a clever use of a copper Tee, but it looks more like brass, and is too thick for your standard pipe Tee, so what is it???
Cheers,IW
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