Homemade tools!

Here is a link to some of mine…

http://www.projectwoodworks.com/page3.php?view=thumbnailList&category=6&image=111

I like and use them all. Only thing I would change would be a lower angle on the planes. I don’t have pics of my mallets I have made.

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I’ve made a lot of planes over the years… also a couple of
super heavy mortising chisels, mallets, and marking gages,
and bow saws.

I use Bailey pattern planes mostly. I like my wooden planes
but the metal ones hold their settings and are easy to adjust.

The mortising chisels I made from 1/2” x 1” tool steel bar stock.
I learned to temper them with a propane torch. I don’t use
them anymore… they are heavy and a little awkward.

The mallets fell apart. Oh well. I could make a better one
now I reckon but I usually use a ball peen hammer or a
rubber-tipped hammer.

I made a Japanese style marking gage with a piece of hacksaw
blade serving as the knife. I still use it from time to time when
I need to have several gages going at a time. I prefer a smaller
Japanese gage I bought… because it fits in my apron pocket
and marks mortises too.

The bow saws I love. I cut dovetails with them. I have it down
to a science.

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The mortising chisels sound like a great idea. The bow saw too. Do you have pics Loren?

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Too many to post all, but here are a few …

30” jointer in Jarrah and ebonised tote ..

Entry for the WoodCentral 2008 Tool Competition ..

Small bowsaw ..

Shooting board (see my website for a bunch of articles)..

Marking knives and awls (there is a tutorial on the website to make these) ..

.. and a last one .. infill dovetailed dovetail marker ..

Regards from Perth

Derek

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Oh man! you put my stuff to shame. My self-made tools
are usually hacked-out in a hurry.

I made the chisels from instructions in an article in FWW…
if you have the CD-rom you can probably find it – an article
about how to cut tenons with a table-saw and mortise by
hand… written before all these biscuit joiners and plunge
routers became affordable.

I built my bowsaws from an article by Yeung Chan. I bought
a butcher-saw blade, ground the set off the sides and refiled
it to rip. I built the saw with a 3-piece frame of ash – a lot like
the one above but less elegantly shaped. The blade is held by
a couple of brass bolts with a hacksawed slot in the end to
hold the blade ends… and a pin through the bolt there.

Most “dovetail” saws have way too much set. I wanted to
cut it as close as possible. That was the saw doesn’t wiggle
in the kerf and you get a straight line easily. I have to keep
fresh wax on the blade or it binds.

My stuff is mostly in storage and disarray right now. I moved
from West to East coast and haven’t set up much. I
may get some pics some time… but not today.

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Derek, that is some awesome handy work.

My tools have been several different mallets:

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And some useful tools for making my work easier:

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