Post your home made tools

[2treks]

TTT

[2treks]

TTT

[Chris P. Bacon]

Mesureing board combined with a spin tester. Mesures arrow length and cresting length. Added my hand built bow rack, dont know if that counts     .  

 

 

 

 

[scrub-buster]

OK, mine aren't pretty or sophisticated, but they get the job done.

Magnetic vice pads.

 

Spine tester

 

Feather burner

 

Endless loop string making jig.  Very adjustable and I can pre-stretch the string with it.

 

[fish n chicks]

You had me at magnetic vice pads scrub-buster. Awesome idea.

[scrub-buster]

Use the rare earth magnets.  They are tiny, but very powerful.

[Bradford]

here is a pic of my lam grinder.  I used mdf board to build the box and a piece of ash for the sled.

 

 

 

 

Then you take your belt sander and aim it up.. put it in the box and Volaaah...

 

I have gone paper thin before (sure, it was not on purpose, but really cool!)

[karrow]

Originally posted by tawmio:
the drumsander is a clesco 3 x 3 inch drum that fits on a half inch motor shank cost me about $15, the other is a 12" disk sander from a garage sale for $1.

 

 

/Tommy

hey Tommy,
where did you get the drum sander part? thank you

[canopyboy]

Originally posted by fish n chicks:
You had me at magnetic vice pads scrub-buster. Awesome idea.

Absofrickinglutely!  I'm gonna make set ASAP.

 

[hardwaymike]

Anyone ever made a Drum sander with an old furnace motor? If so could you send me some info on how to do so? I had to replace the one in our furnace last winter and while waiting for the new one to get in, the guy at the hardware store rebuilt my old one and it still works pretty good. Definately good enough to use for a sander. Not well enough to depend on for keeping the pipes thawed,lol.

[fish n chicks]

Here's something I found close to the original one I found by Shopnotes:

 http://lumberjocks.com/YorkshireStewart/blog/3640

That should definitely give you some good ideas while listening to 94.5 the moose! Man that station plays a lot of commercials...

[Don Drake]

Here is my shaving horse.  Made from rough spruce I bought from the local do-it store for about $20.

I will post a pic of my string jig later.