an old axe file to a lathe tool

[stankern]

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

[TReischl]

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.

[Leo]

. .now, if I can just find the time.

Ted,

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

[TReischl]

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.