A while back I posted a thread about a draw knife I made here in the blacksmith shop where I work. Since then I've been working on some spoke shaves. As you can tell, I like tinkering. I guess I like figuring out what makes it work. I forged the blade on this one and a fellow worker (Andy) shaped and fitted the blade to the handle. It works great. These are working tools and we demonstrate how by using them on wood working projects. We've actually made a couple and have more in the works.
The blade is forged from a file. This shows the stages.
Here is the blade after the heat treat which was done by quenching just the edge and drawing the hardness back wih a red hot bar of steel. I watched the colors run toward the cutting edge and stuck it in water to stop it.
Here is the spoke shave completed. The blade is friction fit.
Here, I'm testing it outside the blacksmith shop. I should have taken my wrist watch off.
Topic: Spoke shave (Read 452 times)
