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Making Woodworking Tools
(Jamrelliot) wrote in message ...
I am getting into woodworking and I would like to make some of my own tools.
Could any of you gentlemen tell me if it is feasable to try to grind or mill a
groove in 4142 steel with a 16 inch drillpress? If so, what kind of cooling
fluid would I need? Or would it be easier to grind the groove with a angle
grinder in some sort of holding jig?
Any suggestions or help will be appreciated!!!!!!
TIA
Jim
Forget milling in the drill press, the thing just isn't designed to do
it. What you can do is to chain drill a bunch of blind holes to
remove the material and then go back with a cape chisel to remove the
webs, finish up with some sort of grinder, it'll be as precision as
you are.
If you're making a gouge or cutting tool and not a jig, it's probably
better to get geared up for a little blacksmithing. The Weygers book
mentioned by the other posters is good, if dated. I've also got a thin
volume called the $50 Knife Shop which has a bunch of ideas on
low-cost shop-made smithing equipment including belt grinders,
Junkyard Wars meets the would-be bladesmith. It's a collection of
columns from Blade magazine by Wayne Goddard. Some of the "theory" he
presents is pretty hokey, but the basic tooling ideas are sound. I'd
make hand woodworking cutting tools from O-1, it's really easy to work
in the annealed state and hardens well, even with less-than-optimum
equipment, if you follow the instructions. Don't buy O-1 if it
doesn't come with heat-treat instructions, either wrapped in them or
in the catalog.
Stan
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