Custom bronze Dividers and boat builder's Bevel Gauge

This past summer I created these pieces as project examples for my students at Woodenboat School, in Brooklin, Maine.  These are pieces made with simple tools and hand filing.  Techniques shown are silver brazing tool steel tips onto the Divider legs (and then heat treating the tips for durability), and creating moving parts/custom pivot hinges. I designed these pieces from inspiration by antique tools I have come across in the past.