Mike wrote:
I was wanting to know where you can buy decent woodworking tools like a
scribe/marker, wooden mallet(thought about making my own- haven't got
the guts yet), counterbore bit sets, etc.
Another question is I am about to take down a shag-bark Hickory tree in
the yard, and I have thought about trying to get some wood out of it,
anyone have any tips they can give on this?

You've been pretty much told how to deal with the tree, so I'll take a
shot at the tools. The first question is, "Do you have a lathe." If
you do the rest is a gimme. Mallets are spindle work, and since they
are expendables, make them out of scrap wood, beat them to death and
cook over them on the grill. Marking guages are a dowek through the
middle of that little top-looking thing that is left over when you make
a bowl with a thumbscrew into the flat side of the cone that you cut off
with your bandsaw. Tada. Make them out of whatever you want and give
them away.

Dave in Fairfax
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