derekcohen
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I am having fun making new tools, some I have been planning on re-making for a while.
Three of the four here use the new brass blade holder. I am finding all sorts of uses for this item.
From the top ...
1. The Mk 2 version of my marking knife. Here it is with a v-blade, which is designed for transferring dovetails Tails to Pins. It is 0.5mm thick and will fit inside a single kerf Tail. Handle in Jarrah, shaped to be held with a pencil grip.
2. Kerfing chisel. This is used to deepen the diagonal-sawn kerf of half-blind Pins, which makes waste removal easier. Previously, the blade was 25mm wide, and now it is 10mm - one only takes small bites, and a wider blade is unnecessary. The blade is also 0.5mm thick, which fits the thinner dovetail saw kerfs. The handle is WA Sheoak, and shaped to take a mallet blow.
3. Scratch awl in HSS with Jarrah handle. This is shaped to be held in the palm to push, but also to be tapped with a mallet. Removing the blade make it easy to sharpen, spinning in a drill against sandpaper.
4. Burnisher for card scraper. The rod is a thin 5mm in polished carbide. Carbide is never going to wear, is hard enough to turn all card scraper steels, and is self-lubricating (so will not gall the steel, as may be done by M2 or O1). The handle is WA Sheoah, long and thin for balance.
Regards from Perth
Derek
Three of the four here use the new brass blade holder. I am finding all sorts of uses for this item.
From the top ...
1. The Mk 2 version of my marking knife. Here it is with a v-blade, which is designed for transferring dovetails Tails to Pins. It is 0.5mm thick and will fit inside a single kerf Tail. Handle in Jarrah, shaped to be held with a pencil grip.
2. Kerfing chisel. This is used to deepen the diagonal-sawn kerf of half-blind Pins, which makes waste removal easier. Previously, the blade was 25mm wide, and now it is 10mm - one only takes small bites, and a wider blade is unnecessary. The blade is also 0.5mm thick, which fits the thinner dovetail saw kerfs. The handle is WA Sheoak, and shaped to take a mallet blow.
3. Scratch awl in HSS with Jarrah handle. This is shaped to be held in the palm to push, but also to be tapped with a mallet. Removing the blade make it easy to sharpen, spinning in a drill against sandpaper.
4. Burnisher for card scraper. The rod is a thin 5mm in polished carbide. Carbide is never going to wear, is hard enough to turn all card scraper steels, and is self-lubricating (so will not gall the steel, as may be done by M2 or O1). The handle is WA Sheoah, long and thin for balance.
Regards from Perth
Derek
