Making a Birdcage Awl from an old drill bit

[@stevegrundy2169]

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.

[@thesuzz9141]

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. :)

[@danburch9989]

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.

[@alanreynolds5985]

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!

[@drd1924]

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

[@williamlott7612]

Beautiful result. One of my favorite movie lines is Clint Eastwood as Gunny Highway in Heartbreak Ridge, “You’re Marines now. You adapt, you overcome, you improvise.” I dare say you have done just that. Darlington, South Carolina

[@scotmetcalf2745]

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 !

[@ellisc.foleyjr9778]

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.

[@ikm64]

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

[@rockusbacchus]

You, sir, are a brilliant craftsman. There are a lot of very talented folks on KZbin 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.

[@RICCARDINDALCIUFFOLO]

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]

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

[@RICCARDINDALCIUFFOLO]

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

[@mjallenuk]

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

[@AndyPhillipWoodturning]

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

[@jeesan485]

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[@pauldevey8628]

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.

[@grizwoldstad9956]

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

[@ZafarKhan-qs5ry]

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

[@alanpayne1442]

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.

[@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian]

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

[@harrigoldsmith8280]

Agreed

[@santoshgolasar3615]

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[@hweepiangteo2637]

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[@pauldixon6654]

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.

[@skateboards5298]

I like how you use the tool you're making to make the tool you're making.

[@andreasvestervig6754]

Lol yeah. xD

[@All_SportGG]

Wait what!????? 😮

[@SatnamSingh-lo4fb]

Nice

[@GREMLINS516]

It's is secret. .. chut!

[@LegoMan-cz4mn]

Just like how you need a plane to make a plane :)

[@Osk.S57]

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.

[@jackiefelker8263]

Neccesaty is the mother of inventions. Well done.

[@shripadlale7476]

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

[@johnfithian-franks8276]

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

[@budgillett9535]

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

[@Gebox68]

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

[@rotay4900]

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

[@haroldbell1246]

A well made tool that a person can be proud of making. I'm now a subscriber to this channel

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thank you!

[@Sascha_LB]

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

[@obamagamer5531]

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

[@siskiyouwoodsman4279]

Ok that awl is beautiful under any standards, but having done the work with the bare necessities is a testament to your skills brother. I can remember doing lathe work with a drill, but never achieved anything close to what you did there. It just goes to show that the main ingredient to superior work is the human and not the expensive tools; they only help those of us that are not as talented as you. The overall design of you creation was also over the top...👏👏👍

[@davidschmidt5434]

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

[@jamesandsueparry355]

What a beautiful piece of work!! Such a pleasure to watch you make this from parts readily obtainable and with simple tools. You have my vote!!

[@hdebrieder5681]

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.

[@MrToolmaker23]

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

[@JDCDDesgins]

Beautiful work! I’m happy to hear I inspired the build! It turned out great. The drill bit definitely add a lot of character to the piece.

[@TheSmallWorkshop]

Thanks James! Would love to see more videos from you!

[@alext9067]

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

[@juanjeronimopoljaner722]

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[@donscottvansandt4139]

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...

[@hart1mart]

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 👍

[@boozoochavis7506]

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!!

[@UberDreww96]

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

[@arjojotadape]

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]

a good tool has no glue , in it fabrication

[@johnbesharian9965]

@@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.

[@ataarjomand]

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

[@ProfessorDIY]

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

[@Braeden123698745]

The old wizened drill bit now helps the new ones find their way.

[@bpcaboutpconapc5461]

my granddad had many a saying about his old tools that went something like that. I've tried to remember them especially his ones on his old tools hanging up with cobwebs on em and a big old auger there. i haven;t got it but thanks to your words floods of memories came back. the one i do was hen i asked why not clean them, his reply ahh they built many a thing for a home now retired they have become a home for many a thing he'd have loved thids vid

[@stevegrundy2169]

All of a sudden there's a severe, worldwide shortage of 6mm sds bits 😀

[@shripadlale7476]

Very well said!

[@iverson2095]

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]

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.

[@joselacera8716]

I LIKE THE PATIENT AND THE TALENT THAT YOU HAVE GOD BLESS YOU FROM A D.A.VETERAN THANK YOU

[@BruceAUlrich]

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

[@garygerard4290]

beauty - Beauty - BEAUTY and it was fun watching it being made 'gonna see what else you've made thanks

[@sitgesvillaapartmentneilsc7924]

You can make a small woodworking machine for about 100/150 dollars and that will be a very good one with a pwm powerful DC motor, live tailstock centre, small 50mm chuck and a sliding bed, you will have to make the headstock out of a couple of pieces of aluminium plate and 2 or 3 bearings and some hard work but they are not difficult to make. -Thats how I started. You clearly have the skill as this is a very nice tool you have produced using an old sds bit and a drill holder to fabricate it. Now after a lot of saving I have a top of the range British made Record lathe which is superb. It took me a long time to get there though. You certainly have talent as you have made a very nice tool which I would buy if I saw it in antique shop as it comes across in that style. Well done. Good video. I even have an old Zyliss lathe which I no longer want, its designed to run off a electric drill, I used it to make hundreds of lace bobbins and pens and if you pay postage you are welcome to it. I am in spain. You just need a drill and it works beautifully for small work and it can turn up to about 80 cms long I think, just google zyliss lathe, made in switzerland.

[@jeffjones3246]

Very nicely done, creative use of tools, but mostly just craftsmanship

[@tex6285]

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

[@loadzofhobbies4219]

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

[@ismailkilic1931]

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[@pietuytendaal5938]

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[@peterszilagyi9942]

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[@davidcampbell7209]

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

[@LetsPrepTogether]

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

[@commando340]

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

[@TedHouk]

pedal lathe we learned in Foxfire about Appalachia. Beautiful work. Now I know how to use the epoxy that I have.

[@timreid9556]

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

[@MrCpolzin]

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

[@traceyosterlind14]

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

[@wbriggs111]

I liked the way he used a masonry drill bit for the right metal for the awl.

[@Take_And_Make]

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

[@sapphodesigns2377]

Looks amazing..love the brass ferrule you made

[@brave_ulysses5958]

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.

[@andy1986a]

proper job with half the tools, gotta love this!

[@BrassLock]

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.

[@anarchessthorson3556]

I wouldn't be able to resist calling everything I made with it "Apple wood poked"

[@TheVocalMale]

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

[@keithrobinson5594]

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.

[@diegoquan]

I don’t know what you are doing, but it’s relaxing and cool

[@stephenbridges2791]

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

[@Grandpaw2511]

Well done. Sometimes the effort of making the tool is the reward.

[@deanthomas5466]

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

[@wimvandenbosch6657]

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

[@MrLibertyordeath]

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

[@mcorrade]

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

[@theguywitheyebrows]

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

[@johnellison3030]

Apple Wood.... Damn, Apple makes everything now.

[@udanbug]

I love your lathe. Not having one myself, and being on a fixed income, I intend to try this with my drill press. -- Very cool vid.

[@clarkg9805]

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.

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[@valentin5983]

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[@alierem4266]

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.

[@johnhancock2537]

What a good idea reuse an old drill bit to make a good all I like how you tempered the end to

[@corrupiola]

I made my own bookbinding tools and just subscribed for your channel. Very good images, thank you!

[@grumblepus]

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

[@heriberthuber54]

Amazing what you are capable of making with the basic tools you have. I really hope your patreon takes off so you can get the tools you need to make more stuff to show us :-)

[@sebisebus8999]

Yeah, I hope there are some awesome people out there with more money to spare than me. I would help out if I could but as it is I can't even afford a drill. Anyways, best wishes for you success!

[@nurulhudaabdulwadud4734]

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[@giovannialbanese7985]

this video is a joy from the beginning till the end

[@mikevanwieringen9883]

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

[@mike_van_in]

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

[@petermacander5039]

BEAUTIFUL! YOU SHOULD MAKE SOME OF THESE AWLS AND OFFER THEM FOR SALE! NOT EVERYONE CAN MAKE SO BEAUTIFUL A TOOL!

[@10224me]

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

[@martinobrien4882]

Thumbs up just doesnt do this Art justice! Awe inspiring,truly Awe inspiring!!

[@mrdrprof99]

More like "Awl" inspiring amirite!? I'll see myself out.

[@saigmundur]

What a beautiful artifact you have produced! Reminds me of a wizard's wand from Harry Potter.

[@framel44]

That is a beautiful Awl. Well Done!! Frank

[@68cristian]

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

[@hanselm.9471]

all your videos are great. You are very creative a resourceful. I hope you get a new lathe soon.

[@johnj.bluvas8702]

I admire your artistic ability as I can not draw a straight line with a ruler

[@rossandersen942]

Impressive lathe skills on a little drill

[@jackmiller3628]

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

[@johnroth8275]

Beautiful. Love your creativity and ingenuity.

[@robertcloosterman9336]

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

[@thomasmarliere2505]

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