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Build useful workshop tools in no time with practical, beginner-friendly projects!
Making Small Workshop Tools is a hands-on guide to tool making for the home workshop, originally written by Stan Bray and thoroughly revised by Stewart Hart. Featuring more than 20 practical projects, this updated 2nd edition shows how to turn saved odds and ends into timesaving, cost-effective, and professional-grade workshop tools that are satisfying to make and useful to keep close at hand.
Each project includes step-by-step instructions supported by full working drawings, photographs, and figures to make every stage clear to follow. Designed for beginners but still valuable for more experienced readers, the projects focus on practical metal work and workshop problem-solving, with none taking more than 4 hours to complete, typically within just 3 to 4 hours.
Make more than 20 handy workshop tools including marking-out tools, clamps, chucks, fly cutters, knurling tools, bevels, jacks, and moreLearn through practical tool making with clear instructions and workshop-friendly guidanceFollow full working drawings, photographs, and figures for each projectFinish fast, useful builds with projects suited to short shop sessionsPut spare odds and ends to work in ways that save time, reduce cost, and improve your workshop
Whether you are building your first small workshop tools or adding to an established collection, this 104-page guide offers practical skills, accessible projects, and dependable, professional-grade results for beginners and experienced makers alike.
From the Publisher
Publisher : Makers Guild Press
Publication date : July 15, 2026
Edition : New
Language : English
Print length : 104 pages
ISBN-10 : 1917770014
ISBN-13 : 978-1917770019
Item Weight : 10 ounces
Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.24 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,561,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #205 in Hand Tools (Books) #667 in Metal Work (Books)
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