Here are three new additions to my shop. The Woodjoy spokeshave was acquired during the Hartvilletool cost+10 special. I have been very pleased with it. The shave was used in the creation of the handles for the burnisher and the hammer. Both of the handles were done with out a lathe.
The head of the hammer came from a busted machinist hammer from the shop at work. A little time on a belt sander and with a file and most of the 10+ years of abuse were removed. I left some dings for aesthetic reasons. I did remove the 1/8” bulge from the edge of the faces that had mushroomed out from all whacking of steep parts. I used the original pin hole and a spring pin to secure the head to the new handle.
The burnisher is a 5/16” dia. carbide rod. It is the shaft from a broken lathe tool. The shaft is polished and should be perfect for burnishing my scrapers. The brass furl is a compression nut out of the scrap bin. I filed off the corners and rounded it up on a piece of pipe in the drill press/mini mill. I used epoxy to secure the rod and nut.
Thanks for looking.
LeeNC
The head of the hammer came from a busted machinist hammer from the shop at work. A little time on a belt sander and with a file and most of the 10+ years of abuse were removed. I left some dings for aesthetic reasons. I did remove the 1/8” bulge from the edge of the faces that had mushroomed out from all whacking of steep parts. I used the original pin hole and a spring pin to secure the head to the new handle.
The burnisher is a 5/16” dia. carbide rod. It is the shaft from a broken lathe tool. The shaft is polished and should be perfect for burnishing my scrapers. The brass furl is a compression nut out of the scrap bin. I filed off the corners and rounded it up on a piece of pipe in the drill press/mini mill. I used epoxy to secure the rod and nut.
Thanks for looking.
LeeNC