I wanted to use some old axe files for parting tools or scrappers on the wood lathe and I needed to make
wood handles and I wanted to sandwich the axe file handle between 2 wood pieces and make a comfortable
handle out of red oak
I wanted the cnc machining accurate to hold these axe files tight, a reverse mould was created by pocketing out the cut
and the handle was a tight fit
Turned out well
an old axe file to a lathe tool
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Re: an old axe file to a lathe tool
Nicely done. I need to do something similar, make a thin parting tool. I have a bunch of old files I bought at a yard sale. . .now, if I can just find the time.
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Re: an old axe file to a lathe tool
Ted,TReischl wrote: . .now, if I can just find the time.
Just in case you have not noticed - you are RETIRED - remember?
I am still working - IT is ME that should be making that statement - not you.
Your friend from a few towns over to the right --- Leo
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Re: an old axe file to a lathe tool
Ahhhh, Leo. . . . . you are in for a terrible shock I am afraid.
Retired means you have less time, not more. The list of projects becomes endless only because one no longer has the excuse "I do not have time for that, I am busy working."
I have noted that people who retire and have nothing to do generally aren't around too long after they retire. I think my lovely wife is trying to make me live to about a hundred and fifty or so.
Retired means you have less time, not more. The list of projects becomes endless only because one no longer has the excuse "I do not have time for that, I am busy working."
I have noted that people who retire and have nothing to do generally aren't around too long after they retire. I think my lovely wife is trying to make me live to about a hundred and fifty or so.
"If you see a good fight, get in it." Dr. Vernon Johns