Homemade Woodworking Tools

Making A Beam Compass

Leer este artículo en espańol Occasionally I need to draw circles or arcs of a specific size, usually smaller ones. In the past ...
Making A Wooden Utility Knife

This is one of those projects that you would do just because you love making things out of wood and for the challenge. You probabl...
Making A Small Woodworking Chisel

This is a project that I started and finished nearly two years ago, but for a few reasons didn’t publish at that time. First...
Making A Scraper From Used Planer Blades

I had just changed the knives on my planer, since the old ones (the original set that I had already sharpened twice using this sha...
Making The Ultimate Sanding Block

Sanding, especially hand sanding, is a pain. Anything that can help make the job easier and go faster is welcome, such as a well m...
Wood Frame Dovetail Saw

While I can’t say that this is a saw that will get a lot of use in my shop, it was interesting to make. Who knows, maybe I&#...
Making A Wooden Chamfer Plane

This is another one of those projects I’ve wanted to do for a while. It’s not because this is an essential tool, it wi...
A Plane Christmas Gift for John

by Don Heisz A few months ago, I was in a second-hand shop. On a shelf behind the counter was what looked like an old hand-plane, ...
Old Chisel New Handle

by Don Heisz I had high hopes for this chisel when I saw it. Where did I get such a thing? Well, since I am very rough on my tools...
Fixing Up An Old Handsaw

This project happened spur of the moment as a result of an extended power outage after a storm. The lights were off for a little o...
Making a Drawing Bow

Easy to make and very handy to have on hand, it lets you draw curves and arcs of almost any radius. It’s made with a strip o...
Making Sharpening “Stones” The Cheap Way

Sharpening stones are expensive and if you only use them to sharpen your chisels and plane blades, it may make more sense to make ...
Homemade Protractor

Having broken or scratched to the point of unreadability my share of plastic protractors, I thought I would make my own. After a q...
Making A Glue Roller

To get started, I cut a piece of pine about 4″ long to use as the roller, and marked the centre on each end: The blank is tu...
Making a Wooden Try Square

On several occasions I’ve been asked about the plywood try square that I’ve used in a few of my videos, so I figured I...
Making a Wooden Contour Gauge

A contour gauge is used to quickly measure and duplicate uneven surfaces. To scribe a part to fit in tight to an irregular shape, ...
Making a Flap Sander

For my house renovations, I’ve been making my own window trim. One part, the apron under the stool, is a cove molding I cut ...
Making Handles For Files And Rasps

Files and rasps usually come without handles, and it seems to be getting harder to find good quality ones at local stores. I prefe...
Homemade Marking Gauge

Sure, you can buy a marking gauge, but why not make one yourself? This one is easy to make, uses parts that you might already have...