

Shop Made Tools









Hand Planes and modifications



A Galoot's Infill Smoother

A Galoot's Infill Smoother (updated)

Building a Jack Plane

Jointer Plane



Building a LARGE jointer

Part I - Now THIS is a Blade!

Part II - The Cooper's Jointer

Building a Bridle Plough Plane

Building a Strike Block Plane



Building a Krenov Smoother



Building a Wooden Router Plane

A Plane for the Female Sliding Dovetail

Sliding Dovetails with the Veritas Small Plow

Sliding Dovetails with the Stanley #79



A Hotdog for the LV LAJ (mk 1)

A Hotdog for the LVLAJ (mk 2)

Depth Stops for Veritas Router Planes

Modifying the LV Small Router Plane



Scraper Blades for the Router Plane

Planes for the 2013 Lie-Nielsen Tool Event

Making Lever Caps and Lever Cap Screws in the Backyard





Saws



Carcase Saw



Steam Punk Mitrebox







Marking and Layout



Marking and Cutting Gauge

East meets West Cutting Gauges

A Kinshiro on the Cheap

Mortice Cutting Gauges

Panel Gauge

A Knife for Marking Dovetails

Review of Marking Knife and Awl .... by Rob Lee

Dovetail Marker

Lay Out Square



Mortice Marking Gauge

A Box for a Marking Set





Shooting Boards



Setting Up and Using a Shooting Board

Advances in a Ramped Shooting Board

Shooting for Perfection

Shooting Boards for the 2011 Lie-Nielsen Handtool Event





A Gigantic Shooting Board NEW



Side Fence for the Shooting Board





Fixtures



The $5 Dovetail Vise

Moxon Dovetail Vise



Mods for the Moxon



The Last Moxon Dovetail Vise NEW

Drawer Planing Fixture

NEW

Adjustable Sticking Board

Tenon Guide

Building a Roubo Bench

Part 1 - Designing the Bench



Part 2 - I Meant to Build It This Way!



Part 3 - Progress Report



Part 4 - The Bench Top is Complete!

Part 5 - End Caps Revisited



Part 6 - What's on My Bench?

Part 7 - Dodged a Bullet



Part 8 - Oh So Close!



Part 9 - Gone to the Dogs



Part 10 - I Declare This Bench Finished



Part 11 - Tooltray ... With a Difference!



The Parallel Guide Guide



Mini Bench in a Weekend



Planing Stop







Chisels and sharp things



A Box for Chisels

Chip Carving Knives

So you want to make a dovetail chisel?

Sash Mortice Chisels

Kerfing Chisel for Half-Blind Dovetail Sockets

Birdcage Awl





Mallets and Hammers



A Mallet for Mortice Chisels



A Handle for a Gennou





Miscellaneous



Low Tech Blade Heat Treating



Modifying Screwdrivers and Turnscrews

New Handles for the Knew Concept Saws

Brace Entry for Wood Central Tool Competition 2008

Entry for Australian Wood Review Handtool Competiion 2009









Copying of Designs

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