Knurling Tool
Non-circular holes
Over the weekend, I tried to drill the half crescent shaped holes in the arms of my knurling tool. The original idea had to be to have an 8mm hole but when I held it up against the metal it
Posted in: Drilling, Knurling Tool
Knurling tool slots
I’ve finally finished machining the slots in the end of the knurling tool arms. It’s been a slow process as each pass of the milling cutter only took of 0.5mm and I had to machine both sides of the slots
Posted in: Knurling Tool, Machining
Tags: knurling
Knurling tool – Slot cutting
The next step that was taken on the knurling tool arms was to tidy up the slots in the ends. This was done with a 5mm end mill mounted in the lathe chuck. Ideally this would be mounted in a
Posted in: Knurling Tool, Machining, Milling
Tags: slot
Knurling Tool Work in Progress
Some pics of the knurling tool in various stages of being built. The next steps are to saw the other two slots and then machine or file the slots square. I think that I should be able to mill the
Posted in: Knurling Tool, Machining
Tags: knurling
Countersinking
For the knurling tool I’m making I decided to attach a couple of the parts together with some countersunk screws. This raised the question of how do I ensure I’ve drilled it the right size? Conveniently in the UK the
Posted in: Knurling Tool
Tags: countersink, Drill
Machining square things in a lathe
This week I decided to start some work on a caliper knurling tool, based around the ideas in the Workshop Practice book, Making Small Workshop Tools. After sketching some plans, the first thing I needed to do was saw up
Posted in: Knurling Tool, Lathe, Machining
Tags: knurling, Steel
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
