A few useful tools I just made from wood

Many tools can be made at the shop!

Here, a selection of some I made recently, which I'm very fond of: they are not only beautiful, but really accurate instruments. I'm not showing them at use but you'll see them in action in future posts, no doubt!

Sketching and hardware

Blade and wedge.

A spear-point marking gauge in Hard

A spear-point marking gauge in Hard Maple and African Blackwood.

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A marking gauge with a japanese spear-point blade.

A dovetail marker, very convenient to lay out dovetails.

Getting straight, square and true stock - the power thicknesser I used needs a little tweaking!

Speaking of tools, this Lie-Nielsen saw is a real pleasure to use. It performs as nicely as it looks.

David Barron's dovetail alignment board.

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David Barron's dovetail alignment board has become an invaluable tool when transferring the tails to the pin board. 

 And finally the winding sticks, which I discussed in the previous post.