1900s Door Mortiser [Restoration]

I obtained this tool knowing it was missing several parts that needed to be remade. Luckily, the missing parts were mostly easy to reproduce, except for the missing hand-wheel. For this, I decided to have all the hand-wheels re-cast in bronze by Windy Hill Foundry. The full process of that...

24 min - Home, Garden & Craft - Hand Tool Rescue

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