Oh you old softie, you! Siamese twins are beautiful. What fun! Thank you for posting.
Dank

 

Found anoyher old tool in the archives. Ralph

 

sweet tools, I love the little stuff. For what its worth, I have the 4 piece mini hand plane set from Lee Valley, and they seem pretty nice to me. Ive taken them to everything from pine to purple heart and they work great! Replacement blades are cheap too….

 

WOW!!! What a beautiful set. And those boxes are the Real Prize. Ralph

 

I hadn't realized you were casting your own parts. Very nice work. Your castings look great. What fuel do you run in the foundry? I had used propane for a but switched to waste oil. I'd enjoy seeing your setup. Is it miniature?

Are you selling individual tools or sets?

By the way, I like the larger "cut off" pictures. If you right-click and open them in a new tab you can see the whole thing and they're much larger than the rescaled photos.

 

Thank you Rafael, assuming you men my boxes!

 

Thanks Andy. Yes, I do all my own patterns, molds and castings. That is my primary interest. I've experimented with various methods including cope & drag sand casting, plaster molds, lost wax, etc. I most often use a jewelers centrifugal casting machine and an oxy acetlene torch. I also fabricate from stock metal and silver solder some parts. You know - hammer & anvil or what ever is called for. I haven't sold any pieces, but have gifted many to appreciators. Mostly I'm a crafter and collector trying to perfect the arts. Ralph

 

Yes I meant your boxes shown here. And I went back to your other posts and thoroughly admire other boxes that you have built. They are beautiful - all of them. I do believe that, in the best of presentations, the container is often more worthy than the gift within. Ralph

 

your work is amazing ,it would be most interesting if you were to do a blog on the process .

 

Thanks Jim. OK. I will start a new thread with a build process of a new tool. Look for it under (Hand Tools) " Miniature Scraper Plane" I'll try to build this one. Ralph

 

Thanks Ralph I'll look forward to it.

 

Awesome detail in these tools Ralph! I watched a few of your videos. The paint stir stick clamped in the bench vice made me laugh. Going to check out your other entries now. Thanks for sharing your time and talent!

 

Very cool. Glad this came back to the top.

 

Thanks all. I did build the 212. It turned out nicely.

See the build thread under Hand tools-
'Miniature Scraper Plane - build process"

Ralph

 

Then I built . . . ,what else but the 112. Ralph

 

A little closer up view. Ralph

 

Holy cow! This is almost unimaginable! If it weren't for the pictures…
DanK

 

Wonderful! The grain on the tote and knob on the 112 is beautiful.

 

Thanks Dan. Imagine that what I actually did was to build a huge penny. : )

Candy, you not only have " perfectionist tendancies ", you are very perceptive. The most difficult part of this build, and many others, was getting the wood grain right to suit a miniature tool scale ( I usually build 1/4 scale ). I searched the world over and found some tight grained woods such as the Bocote seen here. I've also used Mesquite and other desert trees for their tight grain. By the way, the paint stir stick ia actually a 2 X 12 8 feet long. Ralph

 

You are too funny Ralph! My mistake on that 2×12 ;-)

 

Where do you get those huge pennies? lol

Too cool.

 

I love this stuff!
Thanks for sharing your amazing craft!
Chris

 

Your work is incredible. The attention to detail on each tiny part is mind blowing. I wish your hand or something was in the picture of your collection for scale reference.

 

How about my big thumb? Ralph

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Camera magic I say.