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Very nice, I like the hinge design, I just may have to take a shot at one of these myself one of these days.

-- A hammer dangling from a wall will bang and sound like work when the wind blows the right way.

Great work Craig really nice

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Now that’s a neat idea.

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

I should stress that this idea isn’t mine. It comes from Roy Underhill, via Dan’s Woodshop, and presumably before them from some historic pieces.

These look great. I picked up one for my wife while in India last year. (Half thinking I might use it for a prototype to make some myself). My wife uses hers all the time, I don’t think I could get it away from her now…

-- A thing of beauty is a joy forever...

Hey, I was just talking about these yesterday to Topomax, on that fella who made the wooden chains thread!!
You did a nice job, Craig, those are tricky. I’m kinda glad I can’t find the one I made now, yours are so much nicer!! ;-)

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

These are used all over the middle east to hold copies of the quran, sometimes finely carved and inlayed. Thanks for the pics, i,ve never been able to figure out the hinge. now I can try one for myself and take it to my local masjid.

-- if the hand is not working it is not a pure hand

Nice job. Great design. Thank you for the details on the build.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

hmmmmmm hand tools…. they can actually be made from stock half the thickness and glued where the hinges are. at first i thought that this is how you did it (because there is a line there).
this will allow power tools to be used but will spoil the fun, i guess….

-- The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep...

Hah, cheating power tool users. :)

Yeah, that does work, because I have broken one before (not one of these three), and re-glued it, and it works fine. However, it’s good being able to tell people that it’s all chiseled out of a single piece. It’s good for impressing grandma.

Well Done! Classic design, perfectly executed!! Very Nice!!

-- Greg H.-Chaseburg, WI. www.greghaugenwoodturning.com