In this part of the tutorial we actually made the fullering tool with some pieces of metal. Not a whole lot of work here. I also have a video showing the process of how to make this. That video is at the bottom of this page.

Here is a look at the completed fullering tool on the anvil.

The project only takes four parts and they are shown in this next picture. You need a piece of flat steel for the springing action, a piece of bar stock or square stock that will go into the hardy hole and you need to rods of steel that form the actual fuller. I used 5/8" but there are a lot of sizes you can use depending on your fuller size wanted. Typically 1" or 1 1/4". And of course the bar stock should be the right size for the hardy hole in your anvil.

And here is a look at the tool with a piece of steel in it. This shows how now you can hammer the top and put the fuller into your piece of steel.

One thing to note about the rods is that you have to round off the ends so your fuller doesn't have unwanted grooves and lines on it. I used a bench grinder then touched them up with a file and emory paper.

Here is a look at the completed tool.

Here is the video tutorial

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