Made my own bevelers and lifters

[JMWendt]

Those are really nice.

[electrathon]

19 hours ago, TwinOaks said:

Those look great!   I did the same thing with some SS bolts I got from Lowe's, except I butchered the steep beveller (badly).  I'm in sorta the same place with the ones I made - I want to make some lined & checkered tools...I'm just trying to decide which LPI checkering file I need to get.  Anyone have a suggestion?  50LPI, 75LPI?

Memory says about 30 LPI.  Too fine and they loose crispness on the leather.

 

On ‎5‎/‎8‎/‎2016 at 11:28 AM, Colt W Knight said:

I needed some bevelers and a lifter, but I wasn't too enthusiastic about the 25-35$ price tag on quality tools. Picked up some 1/4" SS bolts and made a beveler. It worked better than my Crafttool beveler, so I made a set of 3. Then someone asked me to make some oak leaves and I made a lifter from a 3/8" hardened bolt used for electric poles.

Nice job.

[Colt W Knight]

1 hour ago, JMWendt said:

Those are really nice.

THanks

1 hour ago, electrathon said:

Memory says about 30 LPI.  Too fine and they loose crispness on the leather.

 

Nice job.

THanks

[TwinOaks]

Thank you!

 

[Colt W Knight]

After watching some gunsmithing videos, 30 LPI seems extreme for bevelers. That would be more like a back grounding tool. I am going to order 50 LPI checkering file.

 

Edited May 10, 2016 by Colt W Knight

[Primosand]

nice work

 

[rawcustom]

Very nice!

[Colt W Knight]

Thanks yall

[Frederiek]

Superb, great idea but perfect execution!

[Colt W Knight]

On 5/12/2016 at 7:51 AM, Frederiek said:

Superb, great idea but perfect execution!

THanks