For a while I wanted to make myself a nice machinist hammer. I did not exactly follow any blueprints, I only made a rough sketch and then kind of winged it. It turned out ok, although making it out of stainless steel might have been better. Or polishing it for that matter. But it’s a working tool so no big deal.
Most of the material is mild steel, handle is bog oak, hammer faces are brass and PA6.
There is a technique to straighten a blade bent after heat treatment – you repeatedly strike the inside of the bent curve with a very hard object, thus spreading the material on that side only Read more…
I made these two pieces for two of my friends, it’s a present for their birthday. Basically it’s a stropping block, but with 4 sides – each can be used with a different grit of Read more…
Today I finished a small batch of carbide-faced file guides and I thought it would be funny to look at my past attempts to make a file guide. In case you are not aware of Read more…
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