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General discussion => Shop Made Tools => Topic started by: fm tim on May 31, 2012, 08:02:39 PM

Title: Turn Screws
Post by: fm tim on May 31, 2012, 08:02:39 PM

On youtube, Midway has a 2 part series about making turnscrews.
British gunsmith, Jack Rowe, makes one while showing steel choice, shaping, hardening, tempering, and handles.
Part 1 is at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9xAA5UnF1w&feature=g-u-u

Title: Re: Turn Screws
Post by: Artificer on June 15, 2012, 08:50:02 PM

When I asked what resources for turnscrews and other hand tools the Gun Shop at Colonial Williamsburg uses, this is the book they showed me.

A Catalogue of Tools for Watch and Clock Makers
by John Wyke,

http://www.winterthurstore.com/product/410700/A-Catalogue-of-Tools-for-Watch-and-Clock-Makers-by-John-Wyke-of-Liverpool.html?tc=BG

The asking price is CHEAP and if you have never seen this book and are interested in period correct tools, this will amaze you.  I paid $ 110.00 for my first copy before they reprinted them again.