| Project by AgentTwitch | posted 12-29-2016 05:55 PM | 1925 views | 4 times favorited | 9 comments |  |
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I just finished up this little multi-bit screwdriver in birdseye maple with brass ferrule. I liked the functionality of the Lie-Nielsen version- so I used the same parts and modeled it after theirs. The handle is slightly different in shape and it is larger in diameter and longer. My African blackwood multi-bit screw driver is my favorite to use, but this one matches the look of some of the saws I have made.
I haven’t actively looked for birdseye maple before, but was offered a fairly large chunk of it when I picked up some curly maple from a local sawyer. The look is growing on me.
Thanks for checking it out! (Sorry about deleting the first post of this project. My last one had broken image links)
-- Regards, Norm
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Mark Kornell
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#1 posted 12-29-2016 05:57 PM
Looks gorgeous, Norm. What did you finish the handle with?
-- Mark Kornell, Kornell Wood Design
AgentTwitch
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#2 posted 12-29-2016 06:07 PM
Thanks Mark, it is finished with several thin coats of boiled linseed oil and then sprayed with polycrylic
-- Regards, Norm
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#3 posted 12-29-2016 08:07 PM
That really looks great and should be useful. I’ve turned a few but yours looks prettier.
-- Allen, Colorado (Instagram @bobasaurus_woodworking)
AgentTwitch
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#4 posted 12-29-2016 10:19 PM
Allen, I have seen your work and you are a very talented craftsman. The multi-tip driver is very useful.
-- Regards, Norm
summerfi
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#5 posted 12-30-2016 12:13 AM
Beautiful job Norm. I love that maple.
-- Bob, Missoula, MT -- Rocky Mountain Saw Works http://www.rmsaws.com/p/about-us.html -- ~Non multa sed multum~
jeffswildwood
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#6 posted 12-30-2016 12:38 AM
My gosh this is beautiful. Excellent job. This is the stuff that makes me want a lathe.
-- We all make mistakes, the trick is to fix it in a way that says "I meant to do that".
ColonelTravis
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#7 posted 12-30-2016 01:38 AM
Wow. Great, great handle.
MindDesigns
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#8 posted 12-30-2016 11:58 PM
Really nice work! Where did you purchase the hardware?
AgentTwitch
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#9 posted 12-31-2016 01:54 AM
Thanks all. MindDesigns, I think I got the brass tube on Grainger and the bits from KCTool.com. it’s just the standard Wera mini check, model no.340322
-- Regards, Norm
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