Hand tool for larger scale woodworking. . .
Dave Mount
>A friend's son spent the summer learning to build log buildings, and asked if I could make him a log scribe. Fired up the forge and made him this. Very much a utilitarian piece, I didn't make any effort to make this "pretty", but he seemed happy with it. Should have spent a little time sweetening up the bends for the marker holder; I was trying some different configurations and didn't take the time to clean up once I found one that seemed like it was going to work.
Only serious problem is that I got the slide wrong, it should have had the thumbscrew and rivet ends reversed; as it is, the slide could stick out and interfere with the scribing. I'll have to reverse that.
The pen is just a for-instance -- anything can be stuck in there, they are oversize holes, the thumbscrew (a hex head bolt heated and smashed into being a thumbscrew) just pins the shaft in place.
Made from 3/8" hot rolled rod (mild steel).
Dave
