Shopmade Tools

A gallery of shopmade tools, benches, and other shop items
October 27, 2021

We asked you to send tools and shops photos for our latest Gallery. And boy, did you deliver.
Make Your Own Spokeshave
December 19, 2019

Former Krenov School instructor David Welter demonstrates how to make a wooden spokeshave that will quickly become one of your favorite hand tools.
How To Make Inexpensive Cam Clamps
November 5, 2018

Handy, light-duty clamps are quick to make
How to make a small chisel for delicate detail work
September 27, 2017

Even the smallest chisel you can buy is sometimes too big for inlay and stringing, so make your own, using jeweler’s files for the blades.
Make Your Own Chisel for the Lathe
October 2, 2013

Expand your shopmade woodturning tool collection by making your own chisel using readily available high speed steel tool stock. Use this method to deal with rectangular tangs.
Shopmade Hand Tools for Better Dovetails
June 2, 2011

Use a layout guide and small chisels for improved accuracy and refined looks when cutting dovetails.
Homemade Hand Tool Cuts Leather Clean and True
June 1, 2011

I recently began using leather for accents in some of my furniture but needed a way to chop the material cleanly, rather than cut it with a knife. Learn how…
Need a bandsaw? Make it!
April 16, 2010

Through the years, Fine Woodworking has published many articles detailing how to make some common woodworking machines, from bandsaws to drum sanders to tablesaws to jointers. Here's a chance to…

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