Making a Birdcage Awl from an old drill bit

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6 жыл бұрын

I need a lathe for the workshop. If you'd like to help here's my Patreon account: / thesmallworkshop
This project was inspired by an awl I've seen a while ago on JDCD Design's channel: / jamesdcd92
A birdcage awl is different from the regular scratch awl in the way the tip is sharpened: it has four sides, like a nail. This helps it tear the wood fibers a little when marking, creating a clearer mark and also a better start for drill bits.
I've used an old 1/4 (6mm) SDS bit for this, they are made from decent steel and I have plenty of used ones around. The brass ferrule is simply a water plug from the plumbing section of my local DIY store. The wood is from a dead apple tree that my father used to have in his yard.
Like I've mentioned before, I had to sell my old lathe, so I don't have a lathe in the shop at the moment so I've turned this handle using a drill, and it was sketchy at best. I don't feel comfortable using that again and would not recommend this method to anyone.

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@alanpayne1442 6 жыл бұрын

Beautifully finished and I like the way you recycled the materials...first class and we can take tips for making other tools and jigs etc - great video especially speeding up the tedious bits.

@Sascha_LB 6 жыл бұрын

I am totally impressed... what a great objekt with such simple tools... Thanks for spending such an inspiration. Thanks for showing

@stevegrundy2169 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant, I'm a craftsman with 35 years experience and to make such an excellent end product from just basic tools is the sign of skill & ingenuity. I'm sick of watching videos with professional workshops but it takes far more talent and makes projects for amateur DIYers achievable.

@ikm64 6 жыл бұрын

What a great pleasure to see a true craftsman at work, especially one that can think out of the box........Pure class

@alanreynolds5985 6 жыл бұрын

Hats off to you Sir! Necessity is the Mother of invention and you confirmed that. A lovely tactile tool made with your own fair hands with what you had available. A man after my own heart who uses his brain and not his wallet and workshop. I found you by accident and will investigate your other videos. Top Marks!

@timreid9556 5 жыл бұрын

That is amazing , no lathe no problem solution. Hats off to you sir

@deanthomas5466 5 жыл бұрын

Nice looking project under some very strong tool challenges. Well done.

@loadzofhobbies4219 6 жыл бұрын

Some excellent problem solving. Turned out great. The masonry bit lends an interesting design element. ATB Ryan

@ismailkilic1931 5 жыл бұрын

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@peterszilagyi9942 5 жыл бұрын

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@RRED2 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved it and of course thank You for sharing.

@pedroroman3344 5 жыл бұрын

Como marcar en metal

@drd1924 5 жыл бұрын

7:14 Part is coming loose, Drill keeps spinning!....chucks coming loose as table is bouncing.....Guy keeps on working!!!! Phenominal determination! I love it :D But seriously....nice handy work

@grumblepus 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, there are some incredibly clever ideas in this video. Fantastic work!

@rockusbacchus 6 жыл бұрын

You, sir, are a brilliant craftsman. There are a lot of very talented folks on KZfaq showing off a lot of talent, but to do what you did with the tools you used makes you a magician in my book. I found this video after watching your new video on turning fire steels so I'm glad you got your lathe.

@BruceAUlrich 6 жыл бұрын

It was fun to watch you develop this from a sketch into a full product. Thanks for sharing!

@LetsPrepTogether 6 жыл бұрын

Great work! I love how you improvise and make do with what you have! The final awl turned out beautiful.

@davidschmidt5434 6 жыл бұрын

Just commenting to say you are one of my favorite creators on KZfaq! Keep it up! Wish you had a new video every week!

@grizwoldstad9956 6 жыл бұрын

Nice build. With your skill set and ingenuity I look forward to future builds

@MrToolmaker23 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful job. Love the "one-speed-fits-all" lathe.

@UberDreww96 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, that looks great. It's amazing what people can make with a small amount of tools.

@danburch9989 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome job! Without seeing the video, one would never know it was made with "primitive" tools. It reflects on your awesome skills with the tools you have. That is well beyond my talents.

@5025spd 6 жыл бұрын

Love this - no way you should be able to do something that noise without a lathe! But you did. Inspiring.

@MrCpolzin 6 жыл бұрын

I made a beautiful one yesterday after watching this video.Thank you so much for sharing mate

@shripadlale7476 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant design! Great results with minimal tools. Thanks for sharing!

@pauldixon6654 5 жыл бұрын

My goodness. What a truly brill way and the finished product stunning. ABIG WELL DONE for not speeding vid and no horrid music thumb up and subbed.

@AndyPhillipWoodturning 6 жыл бұрын

Great vid .. I'm throwing my lathe and getting my old 80s drill out .. 👍

@jeesan485 3 жыл бұрын

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@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian 6 жыл бұрын

The choice of materials and adapted equipment is so inventive. The design and execution of the final piece is exquisite.

@harrigoldsmith8280 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@santoshgolasar3615 5 жыл бұрын

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@hweepiangteo2637 5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Dolinski UK

@jackmiller3628 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. Love the awl and very interesting how you repurposed things to build this!

@killtony11 6 жыл бұрын

i like this video simply for the fact that even tho you dont have all the tools you need you still make what u wanted to make its inspiring i like how u turned the drill into a lathe of sorts

@commando340 5 жыл бұрын

an example of doing the best you can with what you've got. nice job.

@10224me 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Especially like how you did all the work with common tools!!!

@martynferguson1387 5 жыл бұрын

Love the choice of reused materials and inventive use of tools, think I've found my design to go on, thanks...! :0)

@GBOB68 6 жыл бұрын

A thing of beauty. Should be in a display case. I'm making one this weekend. Very watchable video as well.

@pauldevey8628 6 жыл бұрын

Love your lathe and mandrel set. Proof that you don't need a perfect setup to do really good work. A handsome and useful tool.

@ianvicedomini2648 5 жыл бұрын

That is a beautiful looking awl.. it'll last years too.. great video mate

@arjojotadape 5 жыл бұрын

never seen making such a beautifull lathe by hand...you are very very smart to do that...all my cmpliments from the netherlands gr. Arie

@lkkjhtemmexv1838 5 жыл бұрын

a good tool has no glue , in it fabrication

@johnbesharian9965 3 жыл бұрын

@@lkkjhtemmexv1838, yes, he could have threaded the end of the bit and installed it in a threaded insert in the handle and topped it off with the ferrule, but he didn't.

@mjallenuk 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic ... some impressive solutions to problems. Both my grand fathers were tool makers. You've given me pause for thought!

@hdebrieder5681 5 жыл бұрын

A piece of art. I like the way the you use simple tools to make something like this. Thank for the upload and i try to make one by my self.

@theguywitheyebrows 6 жыл бұрын

absolutely flawless awl! great work on the DIY lathe, ima copy yours as soon as i get the chance!

@stephenbridges2791 5 жыл бұрын

Very well thought out. And; very well executed. My compliments.

@alext9067 5 жыл бұрын

What a great looking tool. You made it from nothing! Truly insane. Great video.

@juanjeronimopoljaner722 4 жыл бұрын

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@Take_And_Make 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome idea! Turned out to be very beautiful awl! Love it!

@wimvandenbosch6657 6 жыл бұрын

What a great piece of work using off cuts. Love it. Great skill. 👍👍👍

@thomasmarliere2505 6 жыл бұрын

A beautiful tool and an interesting video, even more enjoyable due to the fact that you don’t need a lathe 👍 Thanks for sharing

@MrLibertyordeath 6 жыл бұрын

Nice tool and great use of the other tools to make this one. Ingenuity.

@brave_ulysses5958 5 жыл бұрын

I made one of these last year based on this video. Every time I pull it out at my local makers' space I get Ooohs and Ahhhs. And that's the most important thing about an awl right? How many Oooohs and Ahhhs you get when you use it in public. I love mine. Yours looks nice too.

@BrassLock 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic result, even though you don't recommend using a drill - lathe, you've inspired me to modify my amateurish version I've been fiddling with recently. I'm sure your Patreon account will get good results, which you justly deserve, but I hope you still demonstrate the use of "ordinary tools" that most of us in developing countries still use on a regular basis, which is a large part of the attractiveness of your channel for myself.

@ataarjomand 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic; both metal work and wood work. Thanks a lot.

@andy1986a 6 жыл бұрын

proper job with half the tools, gotta love this!

@johndoe1765 5 жыл бұрын

JUST BEAUTIFUL WORK AND I,VE HAVE PLENTY OF MASON BITS THANKS.

@carlinhosswing8490 6 жыл бұрын

very cool his work, amateur yes and for this much more valued for being a single piece and how to improvise, clean beautiful and good quality. Congratulations and thank you for sharing. Hugs

@mikevanin1 5 жыл бұрын

Now, *that's* an awl! Beautiful video production too - well done!

@danielmiller2977 6 жыл бұрын

Very cool. I can't wait to try this. Well done!

@traceyosterlind14 6 жыл бұрын

You did a great job making do with what you had. I would be proud of that handy work.

@diannpowell1077 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! That was so cool looking to watch. And really neat when it was done.thanks for sharing

@mikevanwieringen9883 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, nice man..This also shows you don't need to have fancy high end equipment to make something awesome !

@rotay4900 3 жыл бұрын

Love the way you use the tool before it is finished!!☺️👍

@robertcloosterman9336 6 жыл бұрын

Love it. I have been putting it off but now I'm inspired to start. Excellent work and video.

@scotmetcalf2745 5 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant!! I’m looking to teaching my Grandsons how to use their hands and brains and we have very little money but you’ve shown me that I have basic tools that I can improvise with. We are your new subscribers !

@ZafarKhan-qs5ry 5 жыл бұрын

Brave man, no one else could dare to operate his lathe. Good work

@girliedog 6 жыл бұрын

You did a great job on this piece, particularly love the "wood lathe"

@iverson2095 6 жыл бұрын

Hey I love your small projects. All the little things you make with limited space, it inspires me to work around my own limitations. Keep it up!

@TheSmallWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! That's kinda the motivation behind this channel, to encourage people to make stuff even if they don't have the space for a proper shop or a lot of tools.

@SebastiaanMollema 6 жыл бұрын

Love that twist in the shaft!

@SW33TB33s 5 жыл бұрын

I love how you used the awl while making it

@boozoochavis7506 6 жыл бұрын

I had to cover my eyes a couple times during the process, I was a'feared for your safety - but it is certainly hard to argue with the results! It helps sometimes to sharpen a secondary point on the tip to make these square awls cut better. Thanks for posting this and keep up the good work!!

@Rpearce79 5 жыл бұрын

Sir you inspire me, and i thank you for that.

@hart1mart 3 жыл бұрын

Very well made, I really like your unconventional approach of making things & also using tools in a way that they were not originally intended for, I to use similer method's, great work well done 👍

@Osk.S57 6 жыл бұрын

Great job, well done. A tool that will last a lifetime and you've had the satisfaction of making something for yourself. Not enough people do this in our throw away buy a new one society.

@sapphodesigns2377 6 жыл бұрын

Looks amazing..love the brass ferrule you made

@AndrewMorgan666 5 жыл бұрын

I am definitely going to make one of these, thanks bud.

@tex6285 5 жыл бұрын

Making do with what you have!!!!! Awesome job . The results say you are a true craftsman...

@eCitizen1 5 жыл бұрын

Exceptional quality. Great video. Thanks

@keithrobinson5594 6 жыл бұрын

Dude, your a hero! What a great job. Hope you get some decent tools soon. Now I know why I keep collecting those coffee stirrers.

@RICCARDINDALCIUFFOLO 5 жыл бұрын

A ''WOOOOOOW~NDERFUL'' ARTWORK MY FRIEND.... what you do is the real craftsmanship of many years ago, today everything is used a few times and then you throw away, you must instead learn to repair the old tools, or build new ones like you, you're really very good. congratulations. ps. Sorry my bad English, I'm Italian and I studied English at elementary schools.

@budgillett9535 5 жыл бұрын

Riccardo Boscolo Cegion I’m American and your English is VERY good! Much, much better then many American High School graduates.

@RICCARDINDALCIUFFOLO 5 жыл бұрын

@@budgillett9535 thank you my friend, I am happy.... Ilike very much the your works, are fantastics!!!

@TheWoodYogi 6 жыл бұрын

That looks great. I will have to try this. I usually use hardened wall ties and they work really well also :) Thanks for sharing this idea ॐ

@budgillett9535 5 жыл бұрын

I watch a lot of KZfaq videos. This is one of the absolute very best!!!

@68cristian 6 жыл бұрын

great work mate! and superb outocme from a basic set of tools, excellent problem solving ! excellent vid too ! thanks

@TheVocalMale 4 жыл бұрын

Nice work, mate! The use of everyday tools was impressive.

@obamagamer5531 6 жыл бұрын

You are insane. The most frugal thing I've seen in a while. Mad props

@johnfithian-franks8276 5 жыл бұрын

A very nice tool and cleverly worked out how to make it without a lathe.

@davidcampbell7209 4 жыл бұрын

This was a pleasure to watch thanks for showing your work beautiful but very practical work

@ellisc.foleyjr9778 3 жыл бұрын

I keep forgetting the idea of using a drill for a lathe. great reminder of what can be "duplicated with ingenuity .excellent craftsmanship.good show on the heat treating too! another reminder of what to do properly. Thanks for taking the time to do the video and best of all for sharing.

@PMichaels 6 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video. Your stuff is the best!

@framel44 6 жыл бұрын

That is a beautiful Awl. Well Done!! Frank

@clarkg9805 6 жыл бұрын

That was inspirational, thank-you for sharing. To take simple everyday objects and turn them into a functional and beautiful useful tool. I was inspired. As already noted by Andrew D, your final piece is exquisite.

@udomchokenasai2191 5 жыл бұрын

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@valentin5983 5 жыл бұрын

Clark G filmeabulti

@alierem4266 11 ай бұрын

It would b interesting to see how many power drill owners will now dust off their drill and venture into making it more useful for turning.

@mcorrade 6 жыл бұрын

Nicely down!!! That apple wood looks great and great use of brass and drill

@johnroth8275 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. Love your creativity and ingenuity.

@thetazva 5 жыл бұрын

Nice job. Very cool video and nice use of what you have to do the job.

@donscottvansandt4139 Жыл бұрын

Love that ferrel! I've replaced a few with spent shell cases and I like that but yours is much more heavy duty AND much more refined...

@aserta 6 жыл бұрын

To get the roughness off a piece of wood like that, don't bother with chipping at it, use the grinder with a grinding pad and slap on it the biggest sand paper granulation you can get, big enough that you can see the glass crystals on it. It'll chunk down the wood in under a minute, and, once you get really good at it, you can get it really smooth too.

@eugenef1446 5 жыл бұрын

Simple and beautiful!

@giovannialbanese7985 5 жыл бұрын

this video is a joy from the beginning till the end

@ProfessorDIY 6 жыл бұрын

You are very resourceful and talented, you got a new fan, thanks for the video!!

@rolandberendonck3900 3 жыл бұрын

This was really breathtaking! Wow, thank you :)

@thesuzz9141 3 жыл бұрын

U R A TRUE INSPIRATION TO SOMEBODY LIKE ME WHO IS JUST GETTING INTO WOODWORKING AND WHO DOESNT HAVE MUCH MONEY FOR ALL THE FANCY NEW TOOLS. SO THANK YOU. :)