| Project by David Schmaus | posted 111 days ago | 339 views | 1 time favorited | 5 comments | ![]() |
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I was cutting my first dovetails yesterday on my half finished workbench using a scrap piece of walnut as a hammer and realized that it might be a good time to start and more importantly finish a project. So I went to woodcraft and bought a piece of Hormigo Negro (handle) and a piece of, as marked, Wood1. Not sure what the body is but looked good and had less than 6 bucks for both.
I planed the handle to 1 1/4×3/4 and the body is about 5 1/2 long and allmost 3 inches square. I have very few tools so I used my Jet mortiser for the hole for the handle. To shape the handle I used my bench grinder to create the basic shape then my ROS to fine tune it.. I was going to sand the tenon flush but kind of like it proud.. Anyway. I project started and FINISHED!!!































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Karson
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posted 111 days ago
Cool.
The end grain in the handle looks a lot darker than the rest of the handle.
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David Schmaus
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posted 111 days ago
It is darker. It is worse in the picture because the shadow but not sure how to make it a little better…
SPalm
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posted 111 days ago
I like it. Good for you to finish something for yourself.
The wood choice looks great. That Number1 is really striking.
Steve
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a1Jim
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posted 111 days ago
very neat hammer
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Blake
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posted 111 days ago
Really nice. I like the colors you used. You will love using this.
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