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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Birthday Toolbox

Well the years are flying by! Recently, it was time for Teagues third birhtday present from the shop - how is that possible? His first present was the skunk bench, and the second his blocks and their chest. This last year he has really been excited to spend time in the shop with me, so I decided it was time to make him his own tool box and start building his tool kit.

Heres the tote style box:

And his starter tool kit:

The kit in the box:

First inspection:

Full Approval:

The boy, standing on the chair from his grandfathers hardware store, and messing with his own tool kit - life is good!

And of course, his tool kit has already grown. His extra-small eggbeater hand drill arrived this week from eBay and has been throughly tested.

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Stars birthday shelf

Here are the final pics of my wifes shelf I made for her birthday this Saturday. I hung it on the wall in the shop to keep it safe until then!

Friday, January 24, 2014

Happy Birthday To Me 2

In the tradition of my last birthday, Axminster Tools and their free next day delivery got the better of me - again! I treated myself to a few shiny things ... as Ive said Its an addiction!.

Firstly, a Lie Nielsen no#4 Iron bodied smoothing plane. I decided against the Bronze body as this more than meets my needs for a smoother. It has the standard A2 blade and I have the option of a high angle frog at a later date if needed. My beater Stanley no#4 will be kept set rough, as thats all its capable of anyway to be honest.

Secondly, an imperial Lie Nielsen Dowel Plate. I have some riven Oak and Walnut stock that will make nice draw bore pegs for Mortise & Tenon joints and dowels for boxes etc..

The other items include, a really posh Cap Iron screw driver which is lovely to hold and prevents scratching up your nice new premium planes as the brass collar captures the large screw head. A joiners Scratch Awl which unfortunately has a round shaft. I thought it had a square shaft when I ordered it... Oh well, it will still be useful.

And Lastly, I decided to get some Veritas honing compound to add to my home made leather strop block. A number of well known wood workers use it and some swear by it, so I thought I would see if it improves my sharpened edges.

Now I just need to put them all to work...