Jeff Horton
03-10-2006, 12:41 AM
I have the itch BAD to make some tools. I want to make a swan necked tool for doing insides with. I want to know if my thinking is correct.
If I bend the tool neck so that the cutting tip is (more or less) on the center line of the handle, shouldn't this eliminate most of the torque trying to twist the tool as opposed to just a bent arm tool that is off center line?
The mechanical designer in me says yes, but having never tried it I question myself.
If I bend the tool neck so that the cutting tip is (more or less) on the center line of the handle, shouldn't this eliminate most of the torque trying to twist the tool as opposed to just a bent arm tool that is off center line?
The mechanical designer in me says yes, but having never tried it I question myself.