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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Allan Bennett - Australia on Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 07:31 am:

A wanted ad.for a screwdriver for a 14T prompted me to show a recent project. A little while back I posted about drilling a square hole in wooden handle I had turned to make a screwdriver.

That attempt was a disaster. So I asked my nephew,who manages a woodturning business, if he could help. He had 6 handles turned to the specs. given on the factory drawing that was posted on the forum.

The hard part was finding donor blades, which then have to be blacksmithed to make the longer taper at the point as shown on the drawing.

I had him leave a parallel end so I could make the taper for the ferrule match whatever ferrule I could find. This allowed me to chuck this in.the lathe to drill the handle. The same section allowed me to mount the blank in the toolpost for machining the handle grooves.
I used 1/4" round burr in the chuck, and used rhe toolpost cross slide to mill the 8 grooves in the hsndle.burr in the chuck and handle blank in toolpost to show grooving

The handle was chucked in the lathe to turn the taper for the ferrule. Then I used a square file to fit the blade through the handle. A thin coat of satin black wad used to stain the handle.how did I do?

The only problem is, at my workshop hourly rate they owe me about 130 dollars, not counting the handle blank and whatever I had to pay for the donor blade.

It's a good job I need all but two for my own cars.

Allan from down under.donor screwdriver and forged bladeblank in toolpost for groovingdonor screwdriver and  newly forged tapered end


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Keith Townsend ; ^ ) Gresham, Orygun on Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 09:53 am:

Allan-
Very nice work.

At that bargain rate, you could go into production and sell them to the US Government!

: ^ )

Keith


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Eagle Ida Fls on Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 10:34 am:

Very nice, Allen. Makes me want to try it. What kind of wood did you use?

Rich


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Treace, North FL on Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 10:57 am:

Allen

First rate!!!

You really did a great job on that copy!



Looks just like a real one I found on eBay, only your handle is NOS! (new original substitute) :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Allan Bennett - Australia on Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 07:36 pm:

Richard, I had an offcut of teak left over from a job on a mate's boat, just big enough for 6 blanks. It turns well, even if not like the original handles. Had I some Hoop Pine, I would have used it.

My nephew has done a lot of work for me in the past, turning up scarf pins to sell with our range of hand knitting yarns. The ladies love the fact that I use recycled timber, most of it native Australian species.

Allan from down under.


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