Made A Tool

[Sanch]

the bearing was a very small roller that I was lucky enough to find 4 of them so I need to make 3 more one more for me and 2 for my sons they will be half saddle vs the full ring one. Thanks for the kind words!

[builderofstuff]

excellent!

[Sanch]

I made another one but put the swivel in the blade holder instead of the saddle and the thing was a failure the bearing needs to be a thrust bearing so it can rotate freely...shame really cause it was a comfortable size and shape....oh well back to work

[silverwingit]

Having dabbled in manual machine work, I am duly impressed. I wonder if you have acess to a knurl rolling machine in your shop? A little knurling on the barrel might improve your grip for those sharp turns on your leather patterns.

Nice job!

Michelle

Edited October 18, 2014 by silverwingit

[Sanch]

Michelle, thanks for the kind words one of the main reasons I decided to make the knife was the knurled barrel on my cheapo irritates, plus the larger diameter gives plenty to hold .

[J Hayes]

I made another one but put the swivel in the blade holder instead of the saddle and the thing was a failure the bearing needs to be a thrust bearing so it can rotate freely...shame really cause it was a comfortable size and shape....oh well back to work

What size thrust bearing is needed? One of my flex shaft handpieces uses a pretty small thrust bearing, I can take a look Monday and get dimensions if you're interested at all.

Jeremy

[Sanch]

Jeremy, thanks for the offer but I think I am going to convert it to a regular swivel saddle style knife come Monday.

[slipangle]

Real nice, Stealfdawg. I too like working with metals. I like your design.

[Sanch]

thanks for the kind words!