Tools from Trash – Hacksaw Blades Making tools from junk around the workshop isn’t about thrift exactly. It’s about immediately satisfying an urgent need. But sometimes you stumble onto a solution that doesn’t really exist anywhere else. My simple bevel gauge is...
Make a Bundle Batten fom Trash Bundle battens are simple shop-made tools for drawing fair tight curves. This is one of those tools you can make while taking advantage of what would otherwise be scrap and if you’re lucky, you can use materials that don’t...
When I moved into my current shop I decided I was going to have a half decent dust collection system for a change. At the time, there were few options. Your typical bag type roll around unit was about it. I wanted something better and that was a cyclone system but...
https://youtu.be/HapS5j2LJa8 Copper Riveting – Connecting to the past Copper riveting has probably been used in boat building ever since the copper nail was first conceived. The vikings used it. Japanese boatbuilders use it. It has stood the test of time....
This is Part 2 of the bandsaw blade guide fabrication project. The big takeaway from this video is the fact that you can get silver solder in different grades, each with a different melting temperature. The main difference between the grades is the quantity of zinc in...
