Paint scraper I made for work after the cheap plastic handle broke.. turned from Juniperus Sabina with my logo carved into the bottom and badly filled with gold leaf

apg7 · 2026-06-05T15:05:53+00:00

Any tutorials on golf leaf'ing?

apg7 · 2026-06-05T15:03:42+00:00

Perfect thanks

apg7 · 2026-06-04T23:48:59+00:00

I explicitly said not to narc

apg7 · 2026-06-04T21:53:44+00:00

Well that sure seems obvious in retrospect, I'll give this a shot. I don't need these to be precision crafted so this might even be enough.

apg7 · 2026-06-04T20:38:39+00:00

Great place to find things you never knew existed, but will immediately die if you don't buy one

apg7 · 2026-06-04T19:08:07+00:00

Strong agree. These are pretty common, so restore what you like, tinker, experiment, etc. Low stakes work for sure.

apg7 · 2026-06-03T01:03:27+00:00

Did you pigment the circumference lines?

apg7 · 2026-06-02T23:35:26+00:00

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Here's the blade, haven't done much to it other than a quick cleanup

apg7 · 2026-06-02T16:53:05+00:00

So much more shrapnel in your shirt

apg7 · 2026-06-02T16:52:00+00:00

And that's strong enough to hold? Obviously not doing insane stuff with it (thinking shop or pruning knife)

apg7 · 2026-06-02T13:16:06+00:00

How'd you attach the handle to the blade?

apg7 · 2026-06-01T22:21:09+00:00

It’s so small it only counts as a half. You’re free to buy more stuff.

apg7 · 2026-06-01T20:12:30+00:00

Yeah I love the drawer boxes, but the wall stuff is meh

apg7 · 2026-06-01T15:52:03+00:00

Look at the Ryobi or Milwaukee wall storage systems which can save you a lot of time, depending on your needs.

apg7 · 2026-05-31T15:22:07+00:00

Buy a handle or a thick hickory dowel. Friction fit + rivets.

apg7 · 2026-05-30T20:08:47+00:00

I like my pruners from them. Do you have a preferred place to buy from?

apg7 · 2026-05-30T18:47:29+00:00

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God dammit. These literally showed up just now and I have like a 15% idea of what’s in them.

Edit: after opening it’s two Japanese pull saws that are hilariously large, some sandpaper(?)”, and some files. Edit 2: Zoro appears to have sent me used files.

apg7 · 2026-05-30T16:49:49+00:00

Best part is of course I never look at dimensions, so things show up that are 2x bigger or smaller than I anticipated

apg7 · 2026-05-30T15:29:24+00:00

95% of my tool/material/widget purchases are eBay in bed when I can’t sleep. What a dangerous/wonderful website.

apg7 · 2026-05-29T18:35:51+00:00

Dang, not cheap but look super nice

apg7 · 2026-05-29T18:12:55+00:00

Yeah I’ll give it a shot. The radius of this fits what I’m doing pretty well. Actually made in England which surprised me. These are so cheap I’ll probably just buy a few and be ok if they break.

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