Make Your Own Woodworking Tools: Metalwork Techniques to Create Customize, and Sharpen in the Home Workshop

by Mike Burton

Praising the simplicity and economy of customized handles and blades made from recycled materials, this manual details the construction and assembly of handmade tools that can be fitted to individual hands and are designed to keep a razor-sharp edge. An extensive section on salvage steel provides advice about choosing metal, and an in-depth analysis of heat treatment explains how to get a hard cutting-edge while keeping the back of the knife soft...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565233069
• ISBN13: 9781565233065
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"