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I was going to buy a thin parting-off tool for smaller projects but they were all between 30 and 40 euro. To me, this did not seem to be value for money so I got to thinking and came up with this. The blade of the scissors is 2.5 mil thick and 5" long. The handle is Ash. The recess to take the blade was cut out with a (also home-made) keyhole saw after a pilot hole was drilled.
I ground out the end of the blade to make it forked (pic 4). This helped give a very secure fit in the handle.
The handle is not as long as I had intended because it split when I first tried to insert the blade.
Got to be careful. It worked well on the 2nd attempt.
The business end of the tool is ground more like a metal turners parting off tool which is where I began my working life. It works really well. I only intended to use it on small projects but I tried it on an Ash mallet that split on me (not having much luck with splits lately) and it flew into the job.
Price of new parting off tool - 40 notes. Price of home made parting off tool - zip, zero and zilch.

Thanks for looking.

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Really neat, great thrifty idea. I like thrifty, especially when it's so useful! Thanks for sharing. Stephen
 

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Cool idea. I love watching things start off with bark on them and then become a nice piece of work.
 

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Wow! Now that's thinking outside the box! Some woodworkers do it all! You are not only a woodworker but a designer, inventor & toolmaker. 5 stars!
 

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Great, creative project. Looks really nice!
 

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great idea and recycling. shop made tooling is always the sweetest to use.
 

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Pretty sweet seeing a nice chunk of limb turn into a nice tool, great work! Guess being that small the log was already dried? No splitting/cracking concerns from drying?
 

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Great idea on repurposing things that others would have thrown away. Now you have a great werking tool for nothing.
 

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Thanks for the positive reaction guys. I come from a long line of blacksmiths. We were always making or fixing stuff.

Bravo - I'm pretty sure the handle wont split. It's been in the shed for over a year. But if it does, Hey, what
the hell. keep smiling right?
 

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Very clever piece, I actually have a few small branches that fell off my tree out back (not sure what it is) that are sitting in my basement. I snatched em up in the hopes of making 2 knives using the 2 blades from a pair of broken scissors. Havnt gotten around to it yet, though I cut off about 2 inches from one of the sticks and the center wasnt dry, and I'm not sure how to go about drying them other than throwing em in my over lol.
 

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Dan - dry it in the microwave. Put it in for 60 - 90 seconds. Repeat when it's cool, maybe 3 or 4 times.
Works for me.
 

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Really? I never 'wood' have though of that. (Sorry… HAD to use the pun) I'll fire up the table saw and rip a piece short enough to fit in there and give it a try, thanks for the tip!
 

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Great job Murch - looks better than a bought one.
Someone told me recently that even inexpensive scissors have reasonably good steel in them. Especially the older ones, so I have collected a couple and am thinkin of making a knife.
 

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Just wanted to thank you again for the tip, the nuker's working wonders, its cool the way the moisture comes out the ends. Any tip on knowing how to tell when the woods dry enough to use? (I've never used raw wood before, always bought turning blocks or flatstock lol)
 

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Gorgeous hand tool! You magically turned the wood into a beautiful handle. Great job!

-www.sawblade.com
 

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Very nifty idea. Nice tool.
 

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Love it! I've made some scrapers from reground worn out files. I'll put this in my mental filing cabinet. Thanks for sharing.
 
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