old tool new tool

[titanius anglesmith]

Hi everyone,
i was inspired by a post titled fan bird-"from a fun chalenge" posted by elines on 28-12-2011.
Now not having a suitable riving knife and not able to buy one.(on a budget).I had to have a think about how i could make one. So i had a rummage through my car boot, junk shop buys.I found an old boxwood spokeshave that i thought i could do something with so i made this.

Started from this...

Ended up with this...

regards chris.

 

[munkiboi182]

pics aren't showing bud. just getting the little red x in a box

 

[titanius anglesmith]

I am a relitevely new member (a week approx) and just read somewhere that posting 'attachments' arn't allowed yet - how long should it take before I can? cheers

 

[titanius anglesmith]

 

[udamiano]

I think you have to make at least 10 posts before you can do some stuff.

what most people do is post them on a hosting site like photo bucket and then add a link to them

 

[British Red]

 

[mikeybear]

I think the problem is that you have to link to the jpg file not a page containing it,

like

http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q528/titaniusanglesmith/craft work album/GEDC0074.jpg

so click insert image , tab from URL , and untick retrieve file, this should then work , you should alo ensure your image is an appropriate size !!!

Cheers

MikeyBear

 

[titanius anglesmith]

Thanks guys,
Will have another try tomorrow,I would like to show how i made it,with quiet a few pics.maybe it might help someone else save a few quid.
Anyway,im away to my bed now.
regards Chris.

 

[titanius anglesmith]

going to try this.
http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q528/titaniusanglesmith/craft work album/GEDC0069.jpg

 

[titanius anglesmith]

a

 

[titanius anglesmith]

Ha that seemed to work.Dont know what i did but will have a play.
regards chris.

 

[titanius anglesmith]

http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q528/titaniusanglesmith/craft%20work%20album/GEDC0063.jpg[/IMG]

http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q528/titaniusanglesmith/craft%20work%20album/GEDC0063.jpg[/IMG]

 

[Mesquite]

Here you go

 

[titanius anglesmith]

 

[Mesquite]

http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q528/titaniusanglesmith/craft work album/GEDC0195.jpg[/IMG]

You need ro make sure the full address is bracketed like this

 

[Elines]

From my limited knowledge about making fan birds I 'd say that the tool you have made should work well as it has a thin blade, and the length ?about 3" is about right too (well - it's the same as the commercial ones anyway)

I remember reading somewhere a discussion on whether the blade should have a single or double edge with the consensus being that it should be single - but may well be just a matter of taste and both seemed to work.

Would be interested to see what you produce. I'm finding that it is not necessarily a case of each one being better than the previous one!! (But they do seem to get generally better with practice)

 

[Sean Hellman]

Looks like a beech wood spoke shave to me, not box.
Great to see people find inventive solutions to tools. I made my first riving/push knives from inch wide bandsaw blades. You want the blade short as it quite bendy.
Single bevel is the best all round, you off course can use all sorts of tools, but when riving out .5mm feathers out of a hard wood such as ash the single bevel knife really makes a big difference.