Tool making Resources:
NOTE: This site is still under construction@
March-2014.
I am adding the section on Jigs and Gadgets.
Supplies:
Wholesale Tool HSS Tool bits (one of many types.) http://www.wttool.com/index/page/category/category_id/19954/
Harbor Freight HSS Tool bit set. http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece-m2-high-speed-steel-mini-tool-bits-for-metalworking-lathes-40641.html
Cold rolled Steel. http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=7175&step=4&showunits=inches&id=230&top_cat=197 Note: Steel comes in other shapes.
You can also find this at most hardware stores, and at Mine & Mill in Lakeland Florida (full 20 length only.)
http://www.minemill.com/Standard-Chrome-Finish-c-405/
You can use hot rolled steel, and some hardware stores sell round rod with a zinc/tin coat. I like the cold rolled as it is stiffer.
Other sources of tool making material is: Engine valve stems, Auto Shock absorber shafts (need to remove from absorber somewhat messy)
There are a lot of other sources of good steel to work with. Just keep your eyes open.
Jigs and Gadgets:
Tool sharping home made grinder jigs. Simple Complex
Jigs and Gadgets: FWS & WTOPC Presentation & Photos. Pages 1-8, Pages 9-11 Pages 12-17.
Instructions: Check
out YouTube lots of good videos & do search on Google for item. Also search for other instructions be
specific in the search.
Teds Tool making Instructions:
2012 Florida Symposium Student notes.
Hook tools: http://woodturninglearn.net/articles/makinghooktool.htm
Tool Handles: http://www.woodturningonline.com/Turning/Turning_projects.php?catid=99
Misc. Instructions Links: http://www.hiltonhandcraft.com/woodturningarticles.asp
If you want to work the steel, then I recommend you seek some instructions in blacksmithing.
There are a lot of resources on the web, and schools for short courses. The following link is a good one:
https://www.folkschool.org/index.php?section=subjects&subject_id=4