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...
In the latest issue of Professional Boatbuilder magazine, October/November 2021 – #193, contributor Dan Mielke describes the process he used for establishing a new waterline and boot-stripe on his sailing yacht. (I’ve included the article in the attachments) By...
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...
