shop made tools

[Dan S]

I was reading through Loogie's marking gauge thread, and it dawned om me that we don't have a shop made tools thread. Several of the forums I read have massive on going threads of this type. Since we don't have one I thought I would start one, the only requirement, is it's got to be a tool you made.

I'll start off with three of my favorites.

A custom 1/4 sheet sanding block out of hard maple.

A hard maple chisel mallet

A small circle jig for the router

[petersb]

I think that this is a great idea for a thread.

Nice tools there Dan.

Here are a couple of mine, nothing fancy, but they work. A sanding block with 80 grit made from a piece of 2x4 and a closet rod in the style of a hand plane and a dovetail marking guage from pine scrap. These are for function, not style.

The dead blow hammer my Dad made for me. I think that it was from WOOD magazine. It is maple and roasted maple.

[Kenny]

Don't know if this counts as a tool 'I made', but I like the thread idea!

Marking knife the easy way...from an old stiff putty knife.

[Dan S]

it counts in my book.

That's actually a really good idea, I wish I had thought of it.

Don't know if this counts as a tool 'I made', but I like the thread idea!

Marking knife the easy way...from an old stiff putty knife.

[Aggie83]

I sux at the pictures.

Deadblow Mallet - from Shopnotes, I think - using a couple leather-bedded, big-ass saltwater fishing weights instead of shot

Cutting Gauge - a la Matt Kenney at FWW *

Router Trammel/Circle dealy - from the poster above

* - This is easy to make and sweet. If you have the means, I highly recommend making one.

[Mister Pants]

I've made a few shop made tools. Here's a few:

A Krenov style smoother I built for myself out of Bubinga:

Another Krenov smoother I built for a friend out of Jatoba

And a shop made bowsaw of Padauk and Cherry