home made tool

[pete ryalls]

I purchased the Sorby hollowing tool with the "s" neck and found out a straight one would also be nice but the price to own several of these

So I made one today

the shaft is a rod out of a transmisson and the handle is from a shovel that was laying in the ditch from when the road was repaved this summer
plus a plumbing fitting from a old box of spare parts

ground the end flat , drilled and tap the hole, turned the handle
overall length 23"

not bad for the price

just got to get those tips sharpend correctly
but thats the next problem :eek:

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[Dick Strauss]

Pete,
Welcome to the forum. Boy, talk about being resourceful...a shovel handle from the ditch and a transmission shaft to make some turning tools!

Well done,
Dick

[Keith Spaniel]

Way to go, you got that recyling down , The brass ferrel is cool. keith

[Jeff Nicol]

Pete, Another welcome to the SMC forums! I am also a builder and tinkerer and I will make a tool long before I will buy one! I have made 3 goose neck tools and 4 or five different straight tools for different operations. Most all my tools for miniatures are made by me also. I use pieces of old circular saw or tablesaw blades to make my cutters and they work wonderfully!

Being frugal and recycling is what everyone wants these days!

Geat job!

Jeff

[Bernie Weishapl]

Welcome to SMC Pete. Nice looking tools and recycling to boot.

[Don Carter]

Pete:
That tool looks great! I don't like to pay huge prices for things that I can build either. What did you use for the cutter?
All the best.

Don

[Richard Madison]

Well done Pete! Some of my best tools are home made, and/but mine are bad ugly compared to yours.

[Curt Fuller]

Hey Pete, you're a man after my own heart. There's not much better than the satisfaction of making a hundred dollar tool for just a few bucks. And the thing is, if it doesn't work just the way you want it to work you just tweek this or that until it does. If it were a store bought tool and it didn't work you'd want to take it back or cuss yourself for ever buying it. Nice looking tool and welcome to SMC!

[robert hainstock]

Looks real ggo Pete. Welcome to the forum. :)
Bob

[Keith Christopher]

Don't cha love how creative this hobby makes you :)

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very nice work Pete! Looks store-bought and I mean that in the nicest way!

[Jim Kountz]

Look out Sorby you have some competition!! Nice job!!

[Rusty Smith]

Pete,
It looks like you used the cutter from the Sorby making the two interchangable, is that correct?

[Wayne Bower]

Pete, I too like to make tools. That is a nice job and even better when you can recycle some old materials. :)

[pete ryalls]

yes used the same cutter and screw as the Sorby

looking to find some other cutters to use
or might try to make my own

anyone have any ideas :D

[Bill Bolen]

Haven't tried it myself yet but I understand old circular saw blades make great cutting tips. Fine tool you made by the way. I enjoy making and using my own tooling also...Bill...