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I work as a painter, frequently I'll have to paint a strip that has tight tolerances, and I cannot get a brush in the space without getting it on the adjoining surface. I decided to make an edger so I won't have to keep using slips of junk mail that I often resort to. My Dad saved every piece of wood, that came into his possession. Once he died, I had my pick of what to use. I chose this piece of a loading skid for no particular reason. I used the old string trick to lay out the curved edges of my edger.
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I cut out the shape with a saber saw. I
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I made the hand hold too big, with the edges too close to the edge. If I make another, I won't do that again.
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This is my rough shape. A lot of sanding and routing will be needed to make it splinter free.
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I used my Dad's planer for this job.
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It's a bit smoother now.
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I disliked that my father saved everything indiscriminately, but he had a creative side. This is a tool that he made, handle and everything.
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I don't know what this started out as, but you can see where he soldered the metal pieces together.
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This is a hammer that he made the handle for from some scrap of wood he had lying around.
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I have no clue what he intended to use this for. I simply think he did it to pass time.
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Here's the other side, I admire his ability to do this, but hate the fact that he couldn't let anything go.
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This is a hammer my Dad made from a railroad spike. As kids we used to find them alongside the tracks. He put it to use, although I don't know what for. If he was fighting in The Last Of The Mohicans, then this could be useful. Otherwise I don't see any practicality in it.
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I don't know the technical term for the steel plate at the base of the handle, but my Dad figured out how to put one on, it's quite sturdy too.
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This is the "head", no secret what it was prior to when my father got hold of it.
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You can see how he smoothed the handle to join the head quite precisely.
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The peen, or strike face, is a part that could use a bit more work.
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I'd be nervous trying to drive a nail with this.
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Back to my edger, I notched one side. I intend to use an old windshield wiper blade as my edger edge, so This is where it will sit flush. I have to rout a T-slot into the wood and I want to have it on the side that isn't closed.
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This is an old wiper blade my Dad also saved.
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It's hard to see, but this is the edge I have to slip into a track on the edge of my edger.
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This is a blade for my Dremel tool.Since Dad saved everything, work space was at a premium. I use my Dremel a lot, since it didn't require much space.
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I intend to run a groove down the rim of the edger, then I'll run the cutting edge in that track.
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This is my Dremel router table.It isn't extremely precise, but it should be good enough for my use.
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i ran the grove in the edge of my edger.
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