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Chris, to determine the angle, I took the diameter of the largest cutting edge of the smaller reamer and made the smallest cutting edge of the new reamer a few 1000s smaller. Then made the largest edge few 1000s under the diameter of the smallest edge of the next size reamer. I put a small bevel at the point and ran the angle back to the largest diameter, stopping about 1/8″ short of the end of the cutting edge. Then file the flat down to halfway point. As far as the steel goes, I just used a piece of 3/16 round steel that I had laying around the shop. I still have to harden it though. I am getting into an area that I don’t know a lot about. After all I am but a lowly carpenter
MahlonI don’t know if anybody wants it, but here is the gig that I used to cut the flat on the reamer. Also my work bench(my wife made me quit using her dinning room table)
Mahlon
Okay Paul, you asked for it. I’m sure you have heard the old saying that cleanliness is next to Godliness, well they were talking about someone else’s shop. This is where the work is done. believe it or not I know where every thing is in this shop. I made a deal with my wife years ago, that if I don’t check in every hour, she sends in the search and rescue team. I restore any where from 150-300 pieces of furniture a year. I am hoping in the near future to take the front half of the shop(not pictured, to messy) and make a nice clean clock shop. As it is when I do have time to work on a clock, I have to clean of one my tables, set up my ultrasonic, do the repairs, clean it and take it back in the house to reassemble. I am hoping to get to the point that I can just do clocks. My wife calls it a hobby, but my hobby made me an extra 1500.00 so far this year. She just made a drawer full of doilies
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Now that is a workshop! maybe you could do a write up on a clock case restoration like Chris has done for his motor?
Thanks for posting that, its beautiful
Paul.I’d like to thank you gentlemen for posting these photographs and making me feel better about my slovenly behavior and constant disorganization in my own danger zone, it’s nice to know that I am not alone, obviously I’ve been comparing myself to Williams Uber clean machinenwerks, which is impossible for me to follow, so it just made me feel bad 😆
William you have to give me the phone numbers of your cleaning staff
Thanks for the info Mahlon, I’m going to try this one day. Hey what do you mean “lowly carpenter” ?? All the carpenters I’ve ever met have charged me a fortune for the work I can’t do 😆
William, my wife said to tell you that you are in serious need of glasses. She went on to say that, and I quote “William sees a beautiful clock shop hidden in there and she can’t even find the lamp table she brought out there two days ago” I thought she was joking, but I can’t find it either
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