Jim Koepke
06-03-2008, 3:37 AM
There are many extra plane blades around my shop. Many were bought on purpose. Some came with boxes of other junk.
Some have lots of use left in them, some do not. Being one who hates to throw anything away, there is always thought of what can be done with this.
Today, I took some time to make a marking knife from an old type 10 blade.
The blade was cut with a Dremel. Then a little work with a bastard file and some more work with a stone in the Dremel. Then some bevels were ground and the edges honed. The last picture show the knife I have been using that is made out of all things, a piece of an old kitchen knife that came with some other box of parts.
If another is made, the angle may be made more acute.
jim
Some have lots of use left in them, some do not. Being one who hates to throw anything away, there is always thought of what can be done with this.
Today, I took some time to make a marking knife from an old type 10 blade.
The blade was cut with a Dremel. Then a little work with a bastard file and some more work with a stone in the Dremel. Then some bevels were ground and the edges honed. The last picture show the knife I have been using that is made out of all things, a piece of an old kitchen knife that came with some other box of parts.
If another is made, the angle may be made more acute.
jim