Once upon a time there was a Forum's group buy for Stanley Plane blades fabricated in M2 steel. When we received the blades we got the adjuster slot cutouts as well. I've had 3 of these cutouts lying around for too long. It's time to either do something with them or throw them out.
Given the size I decided to try and make a couple of skew chisels for cleaning up when dovetailing. From reading various opinions a single fishtail would be more effective, but I've three pieces of steel, so what the heck.
I haven't got any high end metal working stuff, just an angle grinder, a Ryobi 6" grinder with grey wheels and some water stones. Here is the result of my hand shaping attempt so far using fingers and Jerry built holding jigs. Also an untouched slot cutout.
skewBlades.jpg
There will be a short intermission while I find somewhere to turn some handles since I got rid of my boat anchor MC900 last year.
BTW. M2 is tough stuff.
Given the size I decided to try and make a couple of skew chisels for cleaning up when dovetailing. From reading various opinions a single fishtail would be more effective, but I've three pieces of steel, so what the heck.
I haven't got any high end metal working stuff, just an angle grinder, a Ryobi 6" grinder with grey wheels and some water stones. Here is the result of my hand shaping attempt so far using fingers and Jerry built holding jigs. Also an untouched slot cutout.
skewBlades.jpg
There will be a short intermission while I find somewhere to turn some handles since I got rid of my boat anchor MC900 last year.
BTW. M2 is tough stuff.
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