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I made this awl about four years ago. Its made from hard maple, a stainless steel rod and a copper pipe.

I turned the handle on a lathe, drilled the hole and inserted the rod, applied the ferrule. I then used a bench grinder to sharpen the rod to a point.

This past week I decided to reapply some tung oil and finally added the flat spot to help prevent it from rolling around. I found the natural grain of the wood and used a chisel to split the wood. I did that until enough of the wood was removed and used a card scraper to give me a smooth surface.

I am currently debating if I should turn it on the lathe to take off 1/4" from the diameter to make it a little more comfortable to hold.

That'll probably take me another four years to decide. Maybe I should change the title...

#woodworking #tools #oc

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[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Time to make the community, go go go

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Don’t tell Anon6789, they have enough -wls to deal with.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can never get enough -wls!

That one indeed looks superb.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Darn! Everybody scram!

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Whooooo? Whoooo?

[–] fujiwood@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

can you also post photos of that knife?

[–] fujiwood@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Sure :) I'll make a post

[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

I always see the pattern :) I have a workshop to make tools to make tools to eventually make something else. Also a 3d printer ... And the cycle continues.

[–] ODGreen@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Looks awl right.

[–] TheLastRadiant@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Amazing work, I love the copper ring around it. Makes it a really overall nice looking peice. I am always a fan of modifying and modifying my tools, I always seem to be doing something to them to make them just right so I say throw it back on tell it’s exactly where you want!