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Probably not the kind of tool you are asking about, but I made a pair of woodworking planes that cut a quarter inch wide, quarter inch deep groove a quarter of

Probably not the kind of tool you are asking about, but I made a pair of woodworking planes that cut a quarter inch wide, quarter inch deep groove a quarter of an inch from the edge of a board. This operation is commonly needed for drawer bottoms and raised paneling. Two symmetric planes are needed so that you can always work with the rising grain of the wood. You can buy adjustable grooving planes and old molding planes that will do this, but it was fun (and much cheaper) to make my own pair.

glaberficken 5y ago
Was going to post something of the same type as you =) Also made a wooden tool to check bicycle wheel dish that is used when lacing my own wheels by hand. I don't have photos of mine right now, but it is inspired on this template: https://www.wheelpro.co.uk/support/dishing-tool.php https://www.wheelpro.co.uk/support/dishing-tool.php
Kaibeezy 5y ago
I made an extra long wrench socket for field repairs of a heavy duty pivoting contraption by cutting a normal 1-1/4” socket in half and welding the wrench and handle sections to either end of a 6” length of steel pipe. The pipe had a smaller outside diameter than the socket halves, but big enough for the threaded rod. Imagine the hijinks the first time I put that through an airport scanner. Good thing it was 2000 and not 2002.
deckard1 5y ago
The amount of woodworking jigs and tools people develop on their own is fascinating. Some of these woodworkers on youtube spend more time creating jigs than actually building things. Matthias Wandel for example is a wizard. It's really similar to programming tools. Often, tinkering is more fun than finishing large projects.
- vsto 5y ago
  The guy from "Aging Wheels" at YouTube, who by the way is a former software engineer, has a second woodworking channel channel called "Under Dunn". The last video was about a DIY Centrifugal Dust Separator [1]. It was a pretty cool video. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2OStvRteRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2OStvRteRE.

glaberficken 5y ago

Was going to post something of the same type as you =) Also made a wooden tool to check bicycle wheel dish that is used when lacing my own wheels by hand. I don't have photos of mine right now, but it is inspired on this template: https://www.wheelpro.co.uk/support/dishing-tool.php https://www.wheelpro.co.uk/support/dishing-tool.php

Kaibeezy 5y ago

I made an extra long wrench socket for field repairs of a heavy duty pivoting contraption by cutting a normal 1-1/4” socket in half and welding the wrench and handle sections to either end of a 6” length of steel pipe. The pipe had a smaller outside diameter than the socket halves, but big enough for the threaded rod. Imagine the hijinks the first time I put that through an airport scanner. Good thing it was 2000 and not 2002.

deckard1 5y ago

The amount of woodworking jigs and tools people develop on their own is fascinating. Some of these woodworkers on youtube spend more time creating jigs than actually building things. Matthias Wandel for example is a wizard. It's really similar to programming tools. Often, tinkering is more fun than finishing large projects.

vsto 5y ago
The guy from "Aging Wheels" at YouTube, who by the way is a former software engineer, has a second woodworking channel channel called "Under Dunn". The last video was about a DIY Centrifugal Dust Separator [1]. It was a pretty cool video. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2OStvRteRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2OStvRteRE.