Odd Tinkering

I decided to make another elven style knife. This time I took my inspiration straight from the sword called Orcrist from Hobbit movies because I liked the shape of the blade and I thought it might work well as large knife. I think it turned out great and still a little orginal looking.

I'm making another kiridashi knife. This time I'm using water hardening spring steel. I'm not sure about which exact type of steel it is it is. As my other knives this one too is my original design.

This was kind of an experimental video. Instead of making a ball out of aluminium foil, I tought I'd try to make a ring out of it. As an additional challenge I tried to do it with minimal tools. Using an anvil or something similar might have allowed me to pack the foil tighter together to get an even more perfect result.

This is my first try on making a throwing star AKA shuriken. This project was practically free to make and the materials cost less than $1. One of these could be made in one hour or with fewer tools, so its super simple project for beginners. It works well after a few practice throws but I have already a lot of ideas how to make it better in the future.

I found a couple old rusty lawn mowers dumped in the woods and I thought I'd save the blades to make some knives out of them. This is the first one of those knives. Be sure to check out also the second part of this project.

This is the second part of my first lawn mower blade knife video. Be sure to check out the first part also! I recovered two blades and I only used half of the other blade on this project I will definitely be making some more knives from the rest of the materials.

I found a 3 old axe/hatchet heads for a few euros. I thought restoring one of them would be a nice practice since I've never re-handled an axe. In hindsight I probably should have removed the rust with electrolysis, but the axe head had a lot of dents so I probably would have sanded it anyways. I might try that on some of the other axe heads I bought when I get around to it. What do you think? I would be happy to hear any tips since this was my first try on doing something like this.

I have wanted to learn aluminium casting and passing 5000 subscribers seemed like a good occasion to do just that. Thank you all for subscribing. I figured lost-foam cast would be easiest way to start. These are my first tries on metal casting so there is still a lot to learn. I also made a quick foam cutter, I don't really have the space for a large cutter at the moment.

How I restored pair of old and rusty tin snips.

I bought this rusty antique monkey wrench with a few euros for restoration. The old tool does not have any markings on it. It had a lot of rust on it and the jaws were not moving properly. The back of the wrench had been used as a hammer so I filed out all the badly bent edges and the surfaces of the jaws. I did not change the handle as it seemed to be in a decent condition and not rotten. It only had one small crack. The end of the handle wouldn't have come off because it didn't have a nut like most similar wrenches so I couldn't just have made a new one with leathe in few minutes.

This time I will be restoring an old Stanley no. 151 spokeshave. The tool had some rust, the paint was coming off, it had some a lot of paint drops on it and the blade was extremely dull and a little uneven. I repainted the body, removed the rust and sharpened the blade.

I found a rusty old grease gun to restore for a couple of euros. The tool was rusty and dirty but seemed to work fine so I removed the rust, cleaned it up and gave it a new paint job.

I got this rusty antique axe head for $4. I this was a nice tool restoration project once again and I leaned a ton. This was my second axe restoration. Go check out the first one too!

I bought the rusty old hammer from a flea market. However it was unusable because the head handle was loose. I'm not sure how old it is or if it is antique. I decided to cast a new handle from aluminum and polish the head up. The hammer head had some rust and a lot of cement or plaster (I'm not sure of the correct word). I the makers mark as a bee or something similar, if you're interested. I wan'ted to make something more creative this time as I've not made such projects in a while so I though I'd make some sort of viking inspired design. My friend immediately called it Mjolnir. I think this one turned out super awsome!

This week I wanted to try something different, making a ring from 50 cent coin.This is a really simple DIY project that could be done with quite minimal tools. But of course I used what's available to me as this is something I've never tried before.

I found this old rusty file for around 3 euros. It as a fair price as the file part costs easily 20 euros. It was a little quite rusty, the file was a little dull and the handle was made of cardboard for some reason.