Where do I get that???

[bikermutt07]

This year I acquired a shopsmith 510. One of the functions of this wonderful toy is it works as a lathe.

So, I was thinking about making my own awl haft. But when I search for pieces and parts of an awl, all I am led to is results for a completed awl.

Where do you find these types of things?

Thanks

[garypl]

Can’t help you with the awl parts, but that Shopsmith is a great tool if you have limited shop space.  I bought mine in 1978 and it is still running like it was new!

Gary

[fredk]

Lumber/timber yard or a hobby specialist which supplies special woods for pen makers or wooden model ships

[garypl]

I was thinking you are looking for a collet assembly?  You can get wood just about anywhere and awl shafts from most of the suppliers that advertise here.

[bikermutt07]

17 minutes ago, garypl said:

I was thinking you are looking for a collet assembly?  You can get wood just about anywhere and awl shafts from most of the suppliers that advertise here.

The collets. That's probably the term I need to search. Thanks.

40 minutes ago, fredk said:

Lumber/timber yard or a hobby specialist which supplies special woods for pen makers or wooden model ships

Thanks, I was looking more for the hardware.

[garypl]

Mutt - there is a thread under Leather Tool forum from 2012 that has a few links for pin vises that should work.  Looks like Starrett has quite a few sizes of pin vises - check out the Starrett website

[bikermutt07]

52 minutes ago, garypl said:

Mutt - there is a thread under Leather Tool forum from 2012 that has a few links for pin vises that should work.  Looks like Starrett has quite a few sizes of pin vises - check out the Starrett website

Yeah I found that thread after searching for a collet. Thanks.

[Jake907]

@bikermutt07 have you found the awl blades you want to use yet? I've seen new ones on Amazon and Ebay, but a friend of mine likes to cruise the old lots of tools on ebay and picks up several nice awls every year that are very old and of good quality, he usually has to put new handles on them due to them being rotten or damaged.

[bikermutt07]

7 hours ago, Jake907 said:

@bikermutt07 have you found the awl blades you want to use yet? I've seen new ones on Amazon and Ebay, but a friend of mine likes to cruise the old lots of tools on ebay and picks up several nice awls every year that are very old and of good quality, he usually has to put new handles on them due to them being rotten or damaged.

I bought two on clearance the other day at Tandy.