| Project by FJPetruso | posted 20 days ago | 231 views | 1 time favorited | 4 comments |  |
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A couple of months ago I was checking out the sales at my local Woodcraft store when I found this new item they have for sale. It’s a Garden Trowel & a Garden Fork with stainless steel construction & brass ferrels. My wife loves her gardening so it wasn’t a tough decision on wether or not to make the purchase. I had some nice grained cherry that I bought at a garage sale & used that to turn some handles. The shafts on the tools are failly sturdy, better than those hardware store garden tools, so I drew up some longer handles to give a bit more leverage for easier digging. Turning the simple shape of the handles & assembly was easy. The finish is Minwax poly satin. The wife used them &, so far, no complaints,... so far.
-- Frank, Florissant, Missouri "The New Show-Me Woodshop"
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a1Jim
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posted 20 days ago
Enjoy
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
scrappy
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posted 20 days ago
Nice turning and good way to score points. Keep the wife happy and life gets better.
Keep it up.
Scrappy
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sharad
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posted 20 days ago
Very nice handles of convenient length. What was wrong with the original handles?
Sharad
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FJPetruso
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posted 19 days ago
The longer handles seem to keep a person from bending over as far, making it a bit easier in the back. These tools were new kits purchased from the Woodcraft store & didn’t come with handles. Just some instructions. I’ve seen them in one of their most recent catalogs. Here’s a link to their web page.>>>>> http://www.woodcraft.com/Family/2080179/2080179.aspx?tab=information#information
-- Frank, Florissant, Missouri "The New Show-Me Woodshop"