small HF tool

[Jack Mincey]

Here is a picture of a HF tool I made using a long 7/32" allen wrench. It works great on Christmas ornaments and hickory nut HF's. It is only good around 1 1/2" of the rest and then it starts to flex, but for getting the ball of an ornament thin under the rim it is perfect. I heated it with a tourch to bend and then tempered it in oil. It holds an edge good and cost me next to nothing to make.
Jack
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[Bernie Weishapl]

Jack those work excellent like you say for ornaments. I made three of them exactly for that. I made a straight, a 45 deg, and a 80 deg. I like your handle a lot better than mine.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Looks like it should work just great! Love the handle!

[Richard Madison]

Cool tool, Jack.

[Joshua Dinerstein]

An excellent tool! I made a simple 90deg angle one. But I really like the rounded approach. Very cool! Thanks for sharing. I will have to try my hand at making one of those sometime soon!

Joshua