AmericanLongRifles Forums
General discussion => Shop Made Tools => Topic started by: Chowmi on June 16, 2017, 11:29:43 PM
-
I've been on a bit of a tool making kick for the past few days. Likely to avoid confronting the fact that I still need to work on smoothing the background around my latest attempt at carving....
I made a punch to punch out the tumbler from the cock.
I also made a mandrel for 3/8ths inch ramrod pipes, with a rounded punch on the end to use for bumping up the RR entry pipe finial.
Not elegant, but functional:
(https://preview.ibb.co/kMrLck/IMG_0330.jpg) (http://ibb.co/bya2q5)
I have some old tools from my grandfather that are nearly worn out and rusting. I turned a coarse chisel into a small rasp for background removal. I got the idea from the tutorial section, I think Tom Curran made one.
This was really my first foray into forging, and that part went well. I used a graver to create the teeth on the rasp, and it certainly cuts. A bit too much really, I leaves fairly deep scratch marks. Anyway, I had a great time doing it and it was fun to see the nice bright steel underneath all that surface rust.
Here's the chisel as it started:
(https://preview.ibb.co/eFWxOQ/IMG_0329.jpg) (http://ibb.co/daCRHk)
bbcode image link (http://imgbb.com/)
And the final product. The picture is poor so it's hard to see the teeth.
(https://preview.ibb.co/hRi0ck/IMG_0328.jpg) (http://ibb.co/ehx43Q)
Cheers,
Norm.
-
Awesome!
-
Good job, I am sure you find them useful. Self-made tools are one of the fun things about crafting.
dave
-
Very nice Norm! Especially the rasp made from your Granddad's old tool!
Curtis
-
Saw a similar tumbler removing tool used by J. Valentin at Bowling Green. Now I have to make one myself.