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1:47 am
March 21, 2011
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I've been doing some volunteer work with the Washington Trails Association recently. We're working on a puncheon bridge through a swampy area on the Grand Ridge Trail in Sammamish. Anyway, I wished I had good drawknife for some of the work so I began one today. I started with what I think was once a buggy seat spring.
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1:50 am
March 21, 2011
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I drew out one tang, cut it to length and then drew out the other tang. Next I need to peen down the edge and burn in the handles. The last step will be turning the tangs to orient the handles in the proper direction.
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1:51 am
March 21, 2011
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I turned this pair of handles on my drill press, using it as a vertical lathe. I made the ferrules out of some scrap steel pipe flared out over the horn of the anvil.
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3:28 pm
September 6, 2010
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wow that is looking real good. As a bowyer I have ben meaning to make a draw knife just for fun. I have a large colection of them but it would be nice to make one.
5:44 pm
May 13, 2010
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Neat. Looks great so far.
Not that it matters, but that stock you started with is actually a tine from a spring tooth harrow.
http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/120....._12030.htm
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9:28 pm
March 21, 2011
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Thanks for the info on the metal. I was going by what I was told at the scrapyard. But it sure looks like you're right about it being a harrow. Any idea what type of metal those were made from?
10:03 pm
May 13, 2010
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Tom Allyn;13899 wrote: Thanks for the info on the metal. I was going by what I was told at the scrapyard. But it sure looks like you're right about it being a harrow. Any idea what type of metal those were made from?
Hard to say, they were made over a long period of time. The newer ones may be 5160, the older ones are anybody's guess, maybe something like 1095. Regardless, should be perfectly suitable for a drawknife. You may have to experiment with a scrap of it to come up with a heat treatment.
- Bernie
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1:41 am
March 21, 2011
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steve m;13886 wrote: As a bowyer I have been meaning to make a draw knife just for fun. I have a large colection of them but it would be nice to make one.
Steve, do you use those in your collection often? What brands or styles do you prefer? Why?
As a bowyer I would expect you to use mostly smaller sized knives or even spoke shaves. What's your favorite drawknife?
3:20 pm
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August 7, 2010
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Happy New Year,
What is a Bowyer??
As long as we are above our shoes, We know where we are.:happy:
3:56 pm
September 24, 2010
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Neil Gustafson;13914 wrote: Happy New Year,
What is a Bowyer??
Someone who makes bows (archery).
8:39 pm
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April 19, 2010
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As an old farm boy I've used lots of harrows and hay rake tines over the years. Always good steel.
11:09 pm
March 21, 2011
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Good info, Eric. Thanks.
9:23 pm
October 21, 2011
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Hey Tom!
It almost looks like you're making one of those straight draw knives, associated more often than not with Scandinavian wood working.
http://amosoutdoors.com/img/pr...../draw1.jpg
A draw knife has been on my short list of tools to forge, but since I already have a nice old 10" one to use, it hasn't been given top priority. Since you're already putting in the effort to forge a draw knife, let me suggest that you maybe go for a less common/specialized style.
http://www2.antiquesnavigator......355018.jpg
http://daegrad.co.uk/data/stor.....9c513a.jpg
http://img.kansasmemory.org/00270491.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/alb.....-4054a.jpg
If you have a mind to forge more tools and such, (if you haven't already) you'll want to get your hands on this book.
After seeing your drill press turned handles, I can't help but to think that you, like me have a much-loved, coal-smudged copy of 'The Complete Modern Blacksmith' 🙂
Anyways, keep up the good work!
5:43 am
March 21, 2011
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Thanks for the suggestions, Iain. I may pick up a copy of that book. Does it have any info about how the tools were made?
My drawknife developed a couple cracks in the quenching process. I foolishly quenched it in water as I didn't have a large enough tank of oil. I went ahead and put it together and sharpened it up. I'll use it like this until it breaks.
I'm already planning to make another - maybe several. I do some volunteer work with the Washington Trails Association. We're building a timber puncheon bridge through a swampy area. The drawknife is used both for peeling logs and trimming up deck planks.
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7:15 pm
September 6, 2010
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Tom like the way your drawknife turned out. Sorry to hear about the cracks. I use a lot of different styles and sizes when making my Bows. I have small ones for detail work and large ones for hogging off wood, debarking and following one growth ring on Osage. A tip for using draw knives is to use them with the flat side facing up when you want control and you're doing detail work. This way they don't dig in to the wood is much. If you really need need to take off a bunch of wood you can use them with the bevel side facing you. For bow work you use them with the flat side facing you most of the time. I really like the folding ones for traveling. My favorite drawing I've is a old folding model that I got from my mentor Glen stCharels. Glen was a famous archery hunter and bowyer who owned Northwest archery in Seattle. He founded the Pope and Young club that keeps records of all trophy animals taken with bows. He passed away last year at the age of 96. He was known for hunting with Fred Bear in Alaska on the little Delta in 1958.
7:49 pm
Looks great tom, even if it's cracked. for long stuff you could weld up a quench tank out of some 5" or thereabouts pipe, just cap one end. bury it a little bit in the dirt for a sturdy stand 😀
5:06 am
March 21, 2011
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That's a good idea, Sam. Thanks.
Steve, I've never seen a folding drawknife. I'm assuming that only the handles fold. Is it durable? A folding drawknife might be a good thing for some of the trailwork projects I do.
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