Made a New tool!

[Chris Rae]

I have one Hunter tool and I really like it. I've wanted one of the large ones but can't afford it, so I bought just the cutter and made my own. The cutter is 1/2" in dia. and the steel bar is 5/8". I tried it out tonight and it works great! Thanks for looking.

[Don Eddard]

That looks like it'll work great. Well done.

[Gordon Seto]

Great job.

How did you cut the recess for the disk? It fits so nice.

[David Christopher]

Chris, that looks professional ( as good as the factory one ) well done...you may be the next Doug Thompson

[Rob Cunningham]

Looks good Chris. Where did you order the insert from?

[Jamie Cowan]

That looks great. Nice work!

[Richard Madison]

Nice work Chris. Looks a lot better than the one I made. My 1/2" cutter does not seem to cut all that well, but the 3/8" is just dandy.

[Brian George]

That looks great!
I'm interested as well as to where you got the cutter and how you made it.

[Joseph M Lary]

I have been looking at 1 of them but I though it would be to aggressive and get a lot of catches , do you use it to hollow out forms or bowles ?? :confused:

[Bill Bolen]

Fine job on a very detail orientated project. Did yourself proud. You know "homemade" always works better. The satisfaction factor is very high...Bill..

[Gordon Seto]

I have been looking at 1 of them but I though it would be to aggressive and get a lot of catches , do you use it to hollow out forms or bowles ?? :confused:
It is likely to catch if you are using it with the cutter facing 12 o'clock. Rotate the cutter about 45 degree to the left or right, it would produce a nice finish cut.
See this video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHxV1VkcBPE&feature=channel_page

[Mike Stephens]

Way to go. Great job.

[Chris Rae]

Thanks for the nice comments! Basically I mounted the bar in a vise in my drill press and drilled a small hole, about 1/8" in dia. about 1/3 of the way through the bar. Then using the 1/8" hole as a guide for the point, I used a 1/2" cobalt bit and drilled to the depth of the cutter. In the depression left by the point of the 1/2" bit, I drilled and tapped for the screw to hold the cutter. Then I cut the bar off where the bottom edge of the cutter came. Then ground it round to fit and filed it smooth. The cutter I bought from Woodcraft, about $20.00.
Like Gordon said, you use it at about 45 degrees, as with all tools it has a sweet spot.

[Gordon Seto]

Chris,

Thanks for the explanation. Did you get the OEM Torx screw? Or you use a generic screw (what size)?
In this tough economic times, we have to do what we have to do.

[Chris Rae]

Hi Gordon, our Woodcraft didn't have the OEM Torx screw so I used an 8-32 size machine screw. Works fine.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Chris that is a great looking tool. Job well done.

[Jim Underwood]

Thanks for posting this Chris.

Nice job. I'm inspired to try making one now...

(gotta finish the other ones too!):o

[Allen Neighbors]

Chris, Excellent!!! Thanks for posting, and the info!!

[Ryan Baker]

Great job Chris! Looks very professional. I've been meaning to make a couple myself ( a straight one and a hook tool ) ... I have the parts here, just not the time. Maybe I will make them this weekend. I was just watching Alan Lacer's new video on tool making (good DVD BTW). It didn't really tell me much that I didn't already know, but it got me thinking about tool making again. I need to make some Oland tools, some Hunter tools, some hook tools, maybe a chatter tool, ... so little time, so much to play with. :)

[Mike Minto]

Chris, VERY nice tool; I've been making handles this week for some hook tools, and am in the process of making a Hunter clone, too - messed up on today's effort; broke the small drill bit and tap - rats. tell me, would you, what did you use to shape the tool holding bar where the cutter sits. mike