hand tools

A friend recently gave me a bag with a bundle of goodies inside that needed cleaning up. Among them was this Rapier plane that as you can see is lo...

My last big project introduced me to 18th century European joinery and really got me hooked on the idea of more complex assemblies that are locked ...

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Today, I did good. I found a Millers-Falls Brace almost brand-new and a little hand-crank drill. I also found three tiny carving tools from E.C. Mu...

I found this in the shed and claimed it before finding out what it was. It’s a remnant of my granddad’s kit and hasn’t really been looked after. As...

Today I finally managed to restore some order to the chaos that had ensure my absence from the shed. With the addition of the new tools for the bus...

$3 — not sure how to use it, but it’s Veritas, and it looks like something I could use. Zero shipping cost and only 10.25% sales tax (yeah, you rea...

I have been quite busy lately and found it difficult to get out and make anything for a while but I have a collection of old hand tools that need r...

It was only after watching a youtube video about making a chair by hand that I actually worked out what these are. I had put to them to one side in...

Around this time last year I attempted to make a gift for my mum. It was a small wooden block with the word “mum” very badly carved into it and und...

Onto the full size Hi Vise First up, make the main screw, basically make a rough octagon. [20230906_073418.jpg] [20230906_073724.jpg] [20230907_12...

I'm making the body out of an ash 2x4. so cut to size and square up. [20230915_162313.jpg] [20230915_163836.jpg] Drill and tap the main hole [20230...