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Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ<p>Okay, Day 67 of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a> (does anyone still read these?) is the steel pegboard that I use, combined with various magnetic goodies that I got from Daiso and Harbor Freight. Don't know what those are? More information at <br><a href="https://brainwagon.org/blog/2025_07_12_day_067_magnetic_pegboard/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brainwagon.org/blog/2025_07_12</span><span class="invisible">_day_067_magnetic_pegboard/</span></a></p>
Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ<p>Today's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a> entry (day 41 of the series) is this little Billings &amp; Spencer bicycle wrench, well over a century old. The design patent dates back to 1896. More information at <a href="https://brainwagon.org/blog/2025_05_29_day_041_antique_bicycle_wrench/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brainwagon.org/blog/2025_05_29</span><span class="invisible">_day_041_antique_bicycle_wrench/</span></a></p>
Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ<p>A minor hiccup with our washing machine caused me to drag out a purely practical <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a>: a 1600 CFM air mover. When I bought it 25 years ago, thought maybe I'd never find a use for it again, but honestly, I don't think a homeowner should be without one. More information at <a href="https://brainwagon.org/blog/2025_05_23_day_036_rigid_air_mover/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brainwagon.org/blog/2025_05_23</span><span class="invisible">_day_036_rigid_air_mover/</span></a></p>
Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ<p>Today's installment of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a> is a small No. 21 Stanley miter/try square, probably about 100 years old. I'm a sucker for squares, particularly when they bear a patent date. More information at <a href="https://brainwagon.org/blog/2025_05_22_day_035_stanley_try_square/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brainwagon.org/blog/2025_05_22</span><span class="invisible">_day_035_stanley_try_square/</span></a></p>
Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ<p>Day 23 of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a> is a composite entry: the toolbox and associated tools that I have for cutting dovetail joints. I've only done it a couple of times, but hope to get back to it this summer. You can see what I've got here: <a href="https://brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_05_09_day_023_dovetail_toolbox/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_</span><span class="invisible">05_09_day_023_dovetail_toolbox/</span></a></p>
Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ<p>Day 22 of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a>: a hand cranked drill, probably dating to the first half of the 20th century, no maker's mark visible. Sadly missing a few teeth on its spur gear, probably meaning that it's restoration will depend on welding skills I don't have, or finding an appropriate donor tool. <br> <a href="http://brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_05_08_day_022_hand_cranked_drill/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_</span><span class="invisible">05_08_day_022_hand_cranked_drill/</span></a></p>
Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ<p>Up to day 17 of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a>, with a pair of vintage drawknives. I don't have much use for this kind of tool, which were often used to shape green wood in a traditional bench/clamp called a shaving horse, but they are cool objects nonetheless. One from P.S. &amp; W, the other probably made in Dudley, England, of indeterminate manufacture. <br> <a href="http://brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_05_02_day_17_drawknives/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_</span><span class="invisible">05_02_day_17_drawknives/</span></a></p>
Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ<p>Day 14 (two weeks in!) of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a> is a simple stepstool I put together in an hour or so, and has been a useful addition to the workshop. Made in the style of a "six board chest", it is just held together with nails and no complex joinery. I'm tall enough to reach most things in the shop, but I still find it useful enough to keep around when I need to reach the tallest shelves or put something under the rafters. More here: <a href="http://brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_04_29_day_014_stepstool/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_</span><span class="invisible">04_29_day_014_stepstool/</span></a></p>
Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ<p>Sorry for missing yesterday's installment of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a>, but I was busy having a great time at the North Bay Python 2025 conference <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nbpy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nbpy</span></a>. But here's something cool to catch up: a Pine Knot brace made by the Belknap company, and a cool pivoting draw case full of Irwin auger bits. More details here: <a href="http://brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_04_28_day_013_brace_and_bits/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_</span><span class="invisible">04_28_day_013_brace_and_bits/</span></a></p>
Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ<p>Day 11 of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a>. Are you guys getting bored yet? This is another handmade tool that I use fairly often: a kerfmaker. Don't know that that is? It's a little jig to help making dados and rabbets using a table saw. You can read about it here. <br> <a href="http://brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_04_25_day_011_kerfmaker/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_</span><span class="invisible">04_25_day_011_kerfmaker/</span></a></p>
WoodWonk<p>I love the idea of highlighting unusual, or unusually effective tools in our workshops, our "garage gems". </p><p>Mine is a dull chisel. It's so dull, it's become sharp again. This is an old 1" wide Stanley Handyman chisel, the kind with the clear plastic handle you find for $1 at garage sales. I ground the bevel off with my electric grinder. (You could say I ground it to a 90 degree bevel.) The resulting burr makes that bottom edge extremely sharp and works much like a scraper. It's great for removing dried glue, pencil marks, fine scratches, or shaving the cheeks of a too-tight tenon. A single quick pass on the grinder restores the edge when needed. (UPDATE: it's sort of a "poor man's" version of the Benchcrafted Skraper.)</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a></p>
Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ<p>Today's entry on Day 10 of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a> is a Moxon vise that I constructed. It is a home made vise that you bolt to the edge of a work surface, and allows you to clamp boards held vertically for joinery like dovetailing. More here:<br><a href="http://brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_04_24_day_010_moxon_vise/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_</span><span class="invisible">04_24_day_010_moxon_vise/</span></a></p>
Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ<p>Today's entry in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a>, a double beam marking gauge, probably a Stanley No. 71 or a copy, that I got from a garage sale. Brass and beech. You can read more about it here: <br> <a href="http://brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_04_23_day_009_marking_gauge/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/2025_</span><span class="invisible">04_23_day_009_marking_gauge/</span></a></p>
Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ<p>Day 2 of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a> posts features this rather obscure tool that I made myself with the help of my old friend and mentor Paul Zurakowski, who sadly joined the greater universe back in 2022. It's a spherometer that I made using the lathe back at the old Chabot Observatory in the early 1990s. It's a useful tool, and reminds me of him. More details at <a href="http://brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/day_002_sphereometer/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/day_0</span><span class="invisible">02_sphereometer/</span></a></p>
Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ<p>Beginning what I hope will be a series of posts, which I will tag with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a>, meant to highlight some of the odd, probably valueless, but cool things that I find as I try to convert my garage from chaos to a place I want to spend more time. You can read about this pair of oilcans at <a href="http://brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/day_001_oilcan/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">brainwagon.surge.sh/blog/day_0</span><span class="invisible">01_oilcan/</span></a> </p><p>Feel free to use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mygaragegems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mygaragegems</span></a> to give pictures of cool items that you may have lying around you shop or garage.</p>
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