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03-28-2005, 09:21 PM
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Really Old & Really Grumpy
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Well! not a plug..but!
this will help alot....made it tonite....used a metal file, brass plumbing joint and some beech for the handle,,,she cut's like a dream,,good steel in those file's. |
BOAT fish do count.
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03-28-2005, 09:24 PM
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It's about respect baby!
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You make mcgyver look like an amateur....  |
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03-28-2005, 09:28 PM
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Registered User
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Rig it up, that thing would cast like a mutha 
-spence |
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03-28-2005, 09:28 PM
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Super Moderator
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OK, nice Steve but when you gonna make me one?  I can make the handle 
seriously, trade a tiger maybe |
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03-28-2005, 09:36 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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I have a few my Grandfather gave me without handles. Would be nice to turn some handles as nice as that someday No steel like old steel. |
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03-28-2005, 09:58 PM
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Registered User
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always thinking CS....
Holds an edge too, I bet...
that beech turns up real nice, don't it 
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03-28-2005, 10:10 PM
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Registered User
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Originally Posted by Slipknot
OK, nice Steve but when you gonna make me one? I can make the handle
seriously, trade a tiger maybe |
 maybe Steve will give you his other one.... |
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03-28-2005, 10:38 PM
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Really Old & Really Grumpy
Join Date: Jun 2002
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fat chance.....I got a few more in mind ....only takes about an hour an half start ta finish.
Karl....  ..had a nice burly cherry handle done till it split on the last blow with the hamma puttin the blade in....beech worked well.
1. take a flat metal file and cut it down to about 6" long, not encluding the point.
2. lay the file flat on your work bench...take a belt sander to the cutting ridges on both sides to smooth out .
3. ground to a half round on the nose of the file.
4.drill a hole in the end of your handle about the length of the point on the file.then drill another hole at an angle on both sides of the middle hole.
5.take the file and squeeze it in a vise...place the handle onto the point of the file and bang away[softly] till it bottoms out.
6. all done..bob's your uncle. |
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03-29-2005, 08:23 AM
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Registered User
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Nice CS
Some of the old tools I got from my Dad were files made into lathe tools. I found taking off the filing edge helps just keeep in mind future sharpenings. You can make a couple more shapes too.
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03-29-2005, 01:22 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
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.....rummaging through file drawer..... note to self, find OLD files at yard sales.
Great idea CS. Wouldn't have thought of that in a zillion moons. What wheel did you use to grind to half round?
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03-29-2005, 05:27 PM
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Really Old & Really Grumpy
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started out with the old grey grind it off quick wheel first, then went on to the white wheel....cooling it off often in water...don't like water use oil for better tempering of the steel.
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03-30-2005, 03:17 PM
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Keep The Change
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Never thought of cutting the teeth off with the belt sander. Files do make nice lathe tools.
Capesams did you draw it down at all to remove some of the brittleness? I think I read about doing that some where, but never tried it.
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03-30-2005, 03:53 PM
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Certified Mass-hole
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Jackson, NJ but born and raised in Massachusetts.
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If you want to draw the hardness back a bit (to remove some of the brittleness).
Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Heat the file in the oven for 30 mins/ or so. Let the oven cool down with the file it it. This will normalize the steel as well.
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03-30-2005, 04:04 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
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great tip Steve ,, thanks
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03-30-2005, 05:15 PM
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Really Old & Really Grumpy
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when I grind anything..I don't even give it a chance to get warm,,,you could cool it off with your tongue.
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