| Blog series by Bob #2 | updated 316 days ago | 5 parts | 1351 reads | 34 comments total |
Part 1: Metal working for the wood lathe
I never seem to have the right tool for the job at hand and most are easy to make if you have a few tools.I use a power hacksaw and or a dedicated Beaver table saw to cut/grind out a pattern then refine that on the bench with a power grinder.The pieces are made from “01” tool steel and tempered after the refining process to keep a decent edge for turningI will try to add pictures as I progress with these tools to show you all the steps.The metal is prepacked in 3 foot lengths and ...
Part 2: Phase 2 - refining the blanks
I am now at the stage where I am satisfied with the basic shape and can move on to the heat treating. Because it is so labour intensive and messy for just 2 tools I am going to send these out.Basicially the technique is to wrap the steel then slowly bring it up to a temperature where the metal becomes ductile and the grain structure can be re aligned. It is held at a specific temperature for 1-3 hours then slowly cooled and quenched in hot oil to give the metal the hardness and ductility requ...
Part 3: Heat treating the tool blanks (for 01 tool steel)
Well, some disappointment for me this week:After checking some metal heat treating companies here I find that they have (understandably) a $60.00 minimum for processing materials. The sort of leaves us little guys out unless we have a whole batch of tools to do at one time.This has never been my good fortune. So, luckily I had a casting furnace sitting around for years with nobody asking for one so it is now pressed into service as a heat treating unit. Showing here is the furnace with ...
Part 4: Making up the handles
We have finished the hardening process and cleaned up the blades ready for handles.The 2 tools in his blog are used with a lighter touch and so I went for a shorter handle that I could get a friim grip on an still control easily. As you can see I like big thick handles – my hands are quite large.I had some dogwood blanks in my offcut bin so I used a 15-1/2 ” piece for these handles and mounted the whole length to avoid loosing any during refining.Here is the blank roughed out to s...
Part 5: Finishing the handles and mounting the blades
Once the first handle is finished I cut it free from the stock and re center the tailstock on the remaining blank.I will now refine the handle shape except for the part in the jaws and fit the ferrule.p.s. The tool mark BEDAN is actually a bead scraper – my bad . A bedan only has one side sharpened.Once the ferrule is fitted, I wrap electrical tape around it about 4 times and remount the handle the other way around to finish the back end. I generally use a small skew to sneak up on the ...
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