/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>586407
>Any more on diy tools for woodworking?

Making drill bits and augers for wood is really simple and fun. You really need to think about the things you want to make for woodworking then look up the best tools to do those projects with. After that, you can think about DIYing those tools.

>>562388
Use nails to make drill bits. You can cold peen them.

One thing I just thought of that is really cheap and over done these days. That's cast iron anvils instead of tool steel forged anvils. I do some cold peening with nails from time to time. I was at a friend's house a few months ago and showing him how to make a quick cheap drill bit from a random nail (see pic of some of my first ones). Well, while peening the nail it was actually making dents in the top of his anvil. I found out for him that it was just cast iron.

This is why I'm saving up for a nice big one like a Ridgid 69642 model 12 forged anvil.

The "anvil" in this image is just the back end of a cast iron bench vice. Hence the dents from the nail you can see in the images on it.

>>548241
I love old stuff too. Some of it even has a nice style and is durable as hell. I have tons of antiques and I use a lot of them every single day.

>>425719
To get things rolling, here's my answers. This isn't a "look at what the OP can do!" thread. I'm genuinely interested in what you guy do.

>Type of environment:
Very hilly, temperate climate.

>Worst weather conditions:
Worst on record -40F winter, usually -10f to -15f at night for 2 weeks in any given winter (natural gas often freezes off at this time); bad storms in winter, spring, and fall all of which regularly knock out electric lines, which can stay out for up to 2 weeks at a time. Every spring there is heavy flooding. Very rarely there is a tornado (once every 10 years maybe) or just extremely high winds that cause massive damage.

>Pop. per square mile:
23 people per square mile on average for the county.

>Distance to nearest shelter:
Unknown, not even google helps.

>Level of community helpfulness:
Around an 9-10 I'd say. Xmas gifts are given, driveways are plowed by whoever has a tractor or truck with a blade. Sometimes someone will till your garden for you.

>How well do you think you'd do for 1 month without ...:

Pretty good. I have a river and pond on my property, 6 months of food in the pantry; enough for 2-3 people. I garden and raise chickens too (though there's currently only enough feed for 2 weeks max, but they can free range when not cooped up in non-winter months). I have 2 wood stoves, a winter's worth of wood, an electric generator with only about 48 hours worth of fuel. I have a bicycle that is converted into an electric generator that I use to charge up a 12 volt battery for things like my netbook and small lights to use. I have a 10,000+ book library so I won't get bored and I'll know how to do most things if needed. I have tons of non-electric tools; hand drills, saws, etc. I've also made wind turbines for electric, but still need to finish the bigger ones and have a small forge and foundry. I have a good first aid kit.

>reposted misc pic of a random DIY I've done

>>338810
>So basically anything with a flat surface that's thick steel?

For small projects, yeah they are "good enough". Don't try to make knives on them. You can do some cold peening and some general small work like what is done on this bench vice's striking plate. The problem is if you start smacking it really hard over time the plate will deform or even crack because they are not very thick.

A sledge hammer head would take more abuse obviously since it is more solid. Just sit it half way into a hole in a stump or piece of tree trunk like what you'd split for fire wood.

I made this some time ago. I need a real anvil and not some anvil-looking part on a big bench vise.

I've been thinking about buying a hunk of tool steel and making my own anvil from it.

>>269441
Dude, GB2 >>>/fk/ and stay out of this thread.

Here's what I made yesterday. I also made a flat head screw driver and properly hardened and tempered it (not shown). These bits were not hardened (forgot that step), but they have been tempered. When I have time again I'll be making more and trying to make some Philips and Square bits like R1-R3. I use a lot of square driver bits.

>reposted because of last night's server changes made it 404 when I first posted it

My latest today has been some drill bits made from nails.