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10-31-2020, 12:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-31-2020, 12:31 PM by Ron Brese.)
Turned another batch of awls recently. I don't consider myself a great turner and I am certainly unorthodox in my methods. However I turn a lot of what I turn awls, chisel handles, plane knobs, etc. and I'm getting to be a more efficient excavator of wood. These awls have a feature that allows for the removal of the blade for re-grinding/tipping.
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The shank of the blade is a close tolerance fit inside the ferrule and the awl cap. There is a 6-32 set screw whose tip engages a notch that is milled into the shank. Once the set screw is tightened the shank can not move. In the lower picture you see that I supply the necessary tool and an extra fastener with these. If you drop a 6-32 x 3/16 set screw they can be quite difficult to locate.
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11-01-2020, 05:42 PM
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Thanks Ron
(11-01-2020, 09:10 AM)Ron Brese Wrote: The shank of the blade is a close tolerance fit inside the ferrule and the awl cap. There is a 6-32 set screw whose tip engages a notch that is milled into the shank. Once the set screw is tightened the shank can not move. In the lower picture you see that I supply the necessary tool and an extra fastener with these. If you drop a 6-32 x 3/16 set screw they can be quite difficult to locate.
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Beautiful awls Ron
I would have expected nothing less
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Awl shucks! Them ain't bad!
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Beautiful work Ron!
Are you using a drill bit for a "blade"
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(10-31-2020, 12:30 PM)Ron Brese Wrote: I don't consider myself a great turner...
Maybe not great, but you're not half-bad...
Beautiful tools, Ron!
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