Thursday, March 31, 2011

A Few Shop Made Tools

I enjoy woodworking, and I also enjoy making my own tools.  It is rewarding to use a hand tool that you have made yourself.  Of course when they aren't up to your standards you have no one to blame but yourself ;).

This is a 55 degree angle smoother I made.  It is laminated with a cross pin in the Krevnov style.  I used a nice thick, vintage Sandusky Tool iron.  If/When I do this again I will use a thicker cross pin or use a different construction method.  I have been thinking of trying the Hayworth method of doing the plane in 2 halves and gluing them up, this would allow me to use the more traditional abutments for the wedge.



This is a marking gauge I made after watching Bob Rozaieski's great podcast on constructing a marking gauge.  Watch the video and try it yourself, it really is pretty simple.  I will point out that I used an old broken drill bit as the pin.  In the future, when I build these, I will buy a few drill bits to make pins out of for multiple gauges and keep one drill bit to the drill hole for the pin.  I will also use a smaller drill bit, this one is a little thick.



Shop made tools are fun give it a shot!

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